# CVE-2022-49486: ASoC: fsl: Fix refcount leak in imx\_sgtl5000\_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: fsl: Fix refcount leak in imx_sgtl5000_probe of_find_i2c_device_by_node() takes a reference, In error paths, we should call put_device() to drop the reference to aviod refount leak.

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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/96fc3da6184af5687e153d420cd7dcdeefdd2f9a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e84aaf23ca82753d765bf84d05295d9d9c5fed29
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/922bccdb1796a9e7b989f2bc6d9ada7b499a4329
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bfbbfdb3d761323127a67d7d765abe2f77d7b21
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f75e9f629ef54a0845b43889d8ab9dd6e280dd5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41cd312dfe980af869c3503b4d38e62ed20dd3b7

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