# CVE-2024-43850: soc: qcom: icc-bwmon: Fix refcount imbalance seen during bwmon\_remove

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.6.44, 6.10.3
- Published: 2024-08-17 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.0
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.0.0, fixed in 6.6.44; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.10.3

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: soc: qcom: icc-bwmon: Fix refcount imbalance seen during bwmon_remove The following warning is seen during bwmon_remove due to refcount imbalance, fix this by releasing the OPPs after use. Logs: WARNING: at drivers/opp/core.c:1640 _opp_table_kref_release+0x150/0x158 Hardware name: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. X1E80100 CRD (DT) ... Call trace: _opp_table_kref_release+0x150/0x158 dev_pm_opp_remove_table+0x100/0x1b4 devm_pm_opp_of_table_release+0x10/0x1c devm_action_release+0x14/0x20 devres_release_all+0xa4/0x104 device_unbind_cleanup+0x18/0x60 device_release_driver_internal+0x1ec/0x228 driver_detach+0x50/0x98 bus_remove_driver+0x6c/0xbc driver_unregister+0x30/0x60 platform_driver_unregister+0x14/0x20 bwmon_driver_exit+0x18/0x524 [icc_bwmon] __arm64_sys_delete_module+0x184/0x264 invoke_syscall+0x48/0x118 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xc8/0xe8 do_el0_svc+0x20/0x2c el0_svc+0x34/0xdc el0t_64_sync_handler+0x13c/0x158 el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194 --[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.6.44, 6.10.3) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bbcd84133e16e8f87d6765681639e2210d4be69
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aad41f4c169bcb800ae88123799bdf8cdec3d366
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4100d4d019f8e140be1d4d3a9d8d93c1285f5d1c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24086640ab39396eb1a92d1cb1cd2f31b2677c52

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