rpmsg: Fix possible refcount leak in rpmsg_register_device_override()
Priority LOW 24Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rpmsg: Fix possible refcount leak in rpmsg_register_device_override() rpmsg_register_device_override need to call put_device to free vch when driver_set_override fails. Fix this by adding a put_device() to the error path.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00194 9th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Linux (Linux): 5.19.2, 6.0
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.19.2, 6.0
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-50119
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gcg7-5fjh-vh6m
References
Patch 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/280ae5a028ef5d14ef9277746a3026a30aaebe4f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c449b28e437d18ae807479c4ac6b69d87b287c79
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01e6885b75e25a2dd0726455ef18ef9ce5e7dc87
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fdd5b2bb09fc2b5bf3504778f51c89bb48c097f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4c8bf5635c4bedaf2470761ced1f502b2d5434e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c29335612ff44df979678a38e1f55c62004f421c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7bd416d35121c95fe47330e09a5c04adbc5f928
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Sources
- CVE-2022-50119 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-50119 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gcg7-5fjh-vh6m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2022-50119 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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