# CVE-2022-49679: ARM: Fix refcount leak in axxia\_boot\_secondary

- 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: 3.16

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ARM: Fix refcount leak in axxia_boot_secondary of_find_compatible_node() returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when done. Add missing of_node_put() to avoid refcount leak.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9b76c232a1ce4cbf27862097f7eb634dcc779eb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b385cb59aac8d61c29bc72ebf3d19a536914af96
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71e12e5b02674459a24f16e965255d63b31fe049
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29ca9c4efacccdc15104a8d4bf10b5183fc92840
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44a5b3a073e5aaa5720929dba95b2725eb32bb65
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d9c60e868f7cf8e09956e7d5bb44d807d712699
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c19fe3f04f4f4e7a2b722c2fd3c98356fc1d72b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c7ff68daa93d8c4cdea482da4f2429c0398fcde

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