# CVE-2022-49482: ASoC: mxs-saif: Fix refcount leak in mxs\_saif\_probe

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-02-26 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.5

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: mxs-saif: Fix refcount leak in mxs_saif_probe of_parse_phandle() returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when done.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c933829cbf3338b684869e6c4c8931abf5d68fbd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d42601e93fce7802bb8d70dd59b60cfeefa20469
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30d110ca703ce60162ec337aa564a3e4da30715f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18b907ff0ae4bf20120aae1538f7156b9d08e3a7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a0da7641e1f17a744ac7b3f76471388c97b63dc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24491124406666bf0dcb9ee10c5575c6ce6a1730
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e2a1bcc51bdebed48176f6e88c150f175983f9c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d855505851ee8ba666eb204149b49f906130dc17
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2be84f73785fa9ed6443e3c5b158730266f1c2ee

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