CVE-2022-48973

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Reference Count Leak in AMD8111 GPIO PCI Device Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpio: amd8111: Fix PCI device reference count leak for_each_pci_dev() is implemented by pci_get_device(). The comment of pci_get_device() says that it will increase the reference count for the returned pci_dev and also decrease the reference count for the input pci_dev @from if it is not NULL. If we break for_each_pci_dev() loop with pdev not NULL, we need to call pci_dev_put() to decrease the reference count. Add the missing pci_dev_put() after the 'out' label. Since pci_dev_put() can handle NULL input parameter, there is no problem for the 'Device not found' branch. For the normal path, add pci_dev_put() in amd_gpio_exit().

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 14.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

Status published
Products (27)
linux/Kernel 3.6.0 - 4.9.336linux
linux/Kernel 4.10.0 - 4.14.302linux
linux/Kernel 4.15.0 - 4.19.269linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.227linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.83linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.0.13linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.159linux
Linux/Linux < 3.6
Linux/Linux 3.6
Linux/Linux 4.14.302 - 4.14.*
... and 17 more
Published Oct 21, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026