# CVE-2022-50464: mt76: mt7915: Fix PCI device refcount leak in mt7915\_pci\_init\_hif2()

- 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: 5.12

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mt76: mt7915: Fix PCI device refcount leak in mt7915_pci_init_hif2() As comment of pci_get_device() says, it returns a pci_device with its refcount increased. We need to call pci_dev_put() to decrease the refcount. Save the return value of pci_get_device() and call pci_dev_put() to decrease the refcount.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8abc6579667129afd13ff2ccb0319ba3f46e6995
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d4b9c7e81f3a4df27749ebecb426b145e68be2a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5938196cc188ba4323bc6357f5ac55127d715888

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