# CVE-2022-49752: device property: fix of node refcount leak in fwnode\_graph\_get\_next\_endpoint()

- 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: 2025-03-27 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.15

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: device property: fix of node refcount leak in fwnode_graph_get_next_endpoint() The 'parent' returned by fwnode_graph_get_port_parent() with refcount incremented when 'prev' is not NULL, it needs be put when finish using it. Because the parent is const, introduce a new variable to store the returned fwnode, then put it before returning from fwnode_graph_get_next_endpoint().

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0472947bead3af94cc968ce35fc0414803a2f65
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7701a4bd45c11f9a289d8f262fad05705a012339
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e75485fc589ec729cc182aa9b41dfb6c15ae6f6e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39af728649b05e88a2b40e714feeee6451c3f18e

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