# CVE-2022-50184: drm/meson: encoder\_hdmi: Fix refcount leak in meson\_encoder\_hdmi\_init

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.15.61, 5.17
- Published: 2025-06-18 · Updated: 2026-05-23

## Affected

- Linux: from 5.15.33, fixed in 5.15.61; from 5.16.19, fixed in 5.17
- Linux: 5.17

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/meson: encoder_hdmi: Fix refcount leak in meson_encoder_hdmi_init of_graph_get_remote_node() returns remote device nodepointer 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/275fed7142fff5b27e176e53508196715043de5c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/994bc82df85564d948037f1dfdd47c907e8a084b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/013e67e7dd898170cbf54981cf1ed7616f822566
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d82a5a4aae9d0203234737caed1bf470aa317568

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