# CVE-2022-50444: clk: tegra20: Fix refcount leak in tegra20\_clock\_init

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-10-01 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.9

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: tegra20: Fix refcount leak in tegra20_clock_init of_find_matching_node() returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when not need anymore. 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/f9bdef9bb60814514a787b84184ecaa269a7c951
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f76ef65899fcd93ca747ef38d7a41931e61e4fa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0172d14f50098f5736b4b272a1529a3e05419bd6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d9fb09612defe7b1d5627db7b3833b46eb21e7b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70f0a0a27d79f689defc5f5f0bd47d07813e6dea
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6e750535b46e12cdde185b416c415e49e4e6e22
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8cd228892759d37f36a46616025f4fa0d0a63b5d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53531d00e2a8a28a3bf56ea58b18ff3611824f37
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e343bafe03ff68a62f48f8235cf98f2c685468b

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