Bug 2395442 (CVE-2022-50246) - CVE-2022-50246 kernel: usb: typec: tcpci: fix of node refcount leak in tcpci_register_port()
Summary: CVE-2022-50246 kernel: usb: typec: tcpci: fix of node refcount leak in tcpci_...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2022-50246
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-09-15 15:14 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-09-16 15:21 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-09-15 15:14:05 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

usb: typec: tcpci: fix of node refcount leak in tcpci_register_port()

I got the following report while doing device(mt6370-tcpc) load
test with CONFIG_OF_UNITTEST and CONFIG_OF_DYNAMIC enabled:

  OF: ERROR: memory leak, expected refcount 1 instead of 2,
  of_node_get()/of_node_put() unbalanced - destroy cset entry:
  attach overlay node /i2c/pmic@34/tcpc/connector

The 'fwnode' set in tcpci_parse_config() which is called
in tcpci_register_port(), its node refcount is increased
in device_get_named_child_node(). It needs be put while
exiting, so call fwnode_handle_put() in the error path of
tcpci_register_port() and in tcpci_unregister_port() to
avoid leak.


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