# CVE-2022-50194: soc: qcom: aoss: Fix refcount leak in qmp\_cooling\_devices\_register

- 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: 5.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: soc: qcom: aoss: Fix refcount leak in qmp_cooling_devices_register Every iteration of for_each_available_child_of_node() decrements the reference count of the previous node. When breaking early from a for_each_available_child_of_node() loop, we need to explicitly call of_node_put() on the child node. 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/bc73c72a856c26df7410ddf15f42257cb4960fe9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97713ed9b6cc4abaa2dcc8357113c56520dc6d7f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/053543ac1d095132fcfd1263805d6e25afbdc6a8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca83c61a6ccf3934cf8d01d5ade30a5034993a86
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/591f0697ccbac33760d3bb1ad96a5ba2b76ae9f0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6e0951414a314e7db3e9e24fd924b3e15515288

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