CVE-2022-50505

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel <=6.1.1 DoS via PCI Device Refcount Leak

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/amd: Fix pci device refcount leak in ppr_notifier() As comment of pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot() says, it returns a pci device with refcount increment, when finish using it, the caller must decrement the reference count by calling pci_dev_put(). So call it before returning from ppr_notifier() to avoid refcount leak.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0015
EPSS Percentile 4.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (26)
linux/Kernel 4.14.0 - 4.14.303linux
linux/Kernel 4.15.0 - 4.19.270linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.229linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.86linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.0.16linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.163linux
linux/Kernel 6.1.0 - 6.1.2linux
Linux/Linux < 4.14
Linux/Linux 4.14
Linux/Linux 4.14.303 - 4.14.*
... and 16 more
Published Oct 04, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026