# CVE-2022-50038: drm/meson: Fix refcount bugs in meson\_vpu\_has\_available\_connectors()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-06-18 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.10

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/meson: Fix refcount bugs in meson_vpu_has_available_connectors() In this function, there are two refcount leak bugs: (1) when breaking out of for_each_endpoint_of_node(), we need call the of_node_put() for the 'ep'; (2) we should call of_node_put() for the reference returned by of_graph_get_remote_port() when it is not used anymore.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a758f0ba11699837af9e1a0f7cbac6ef765a23e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc1fc2abfcb9235d0ece9a4d858426fb617cfa66
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d58ef256781398ad115aef44de0a02ad27ea6c3a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3aa710e96747c8b4e52ba12ffe09edcb2755897c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe71d84c1a6c0d54657431e8eeaefc9d24895304
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8dec38e19f6928235d4009ce55f7add8af34e5c7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91b3c8dbe898df158fd2a84675f3a284ff6666f7

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