CVE-2022-49644

drm/i915: fix a possible refcount leak in intel_dp_add_mst_connector()

Medium · published February 26, 2025

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
19.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/i915: fix a possible refcount leak in intel_dp_add_mst_connector()

If drm_connector_init fails, intel_connector_free will be called to take

care of proper free. So it is necessary to drop the refcount of port

before intel_connector_free.

(cherry picked from commit cea9ed611e85d36a05db52b6457bf584b7d969e2)

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00280 · 19.4th percentile
Published
2025-02-26T02:23Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 26 FEB 02:23Z
    drm/i915: fix a possible refcount leak in intel_dp_add_mst_connector()
    cvelistv5