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Vulnerability · Published Feb 26, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2022-49591net: dsa: microchip: ksz_common: Fix refcount leak bug

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 18% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 82.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: dsa: microchip: ksz_common: Fix refcount leak bug In ksz_switch_register(), we should call of_node_put() for the reference returned by of_get_child_by_name() which has increased the refcount.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux5.18.16-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49591
Debian:13linux5.18.16-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49591
Debian:14linux5.18.16-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-50.56UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1021.25UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1021.26UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1024.30.1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1019.25UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1017.20UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1004.6UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1015.17UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1017.22UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1019.23UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-50.56UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1019.24UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1016.18UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49591

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 912aae27c6af6605eae967ab540c5e26bd76d421 – before 88ec2ff42da3ac93b2437dc52fe25cd4372148e6912aae27c6af6605eae967ab540c5e26bd76d421 – before 4165e02716518bbbe9c9104b39530d40928bc7ce912aae27c6af6605eae967ab540c5e26bd76d421 – before a14bd7475452c51835dd5a0cee4c8fa48dd0b539
Linux Linux 5.9

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