Bug 2373570 (CVE-2022-50188)

Summary: CVE-2022-50188 kernel: drm/meson: Fix refcount leak in meson_encoder_hdmi_init
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-06-18 12:08:47 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/meson: Fix refcount leak in meson_encoder_hdmi_init

of_find_device_by_node() takes reference, we should use put_device()
to release it when not need anymore.
Add missing put_device() in error path to avoid refcount
leak.
Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2025-06-19 10:57:25 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025061835-CVE-2022-50188-926e@gregkh/T