CVE-2022-50283CWE-416

CVE-2022-50283

High · published September 15, 2025

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
5.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

mtd: core: add missing of_node_get() in dynamic partitions code

This fixes unbalanced of_node_put():

[ 1.078910] 6 cmdlinepart partitions found on MTD device gpmi-nand

[ 1.085116] Creating 6 MTD partitions on "gpmi-nand":

[ 1.090181] 0x000000000000-0x000008000000 : "nandboot"

[ 1.096952] 0x000008000000-0x000009000000 : "nandfit"

[ 1.103547] 0x000009000000-0x00000b000000 : "nandkernel"

[ 1.110317] 0x00000b000000-0x00000c000000 : "nanddtb"

[ 1.115525] ------------[ cut here ]------------

[ 1.120141] refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free.

[ 1.125328] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1 at lib/refcount.c:25 refcount_warn_saturate+0xdc/0x148

[ 1.133528] Modules linked in:

[ 1.136589] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.0.0-rc7-next-20220930-04543-g8cf3f7

[ 1.146342] Hardware name: Freescale i.MX8DXL DDR3L EVK (DT)

[ 1.151999] pstate: 600000c5 (nZCv daIF -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)

[ 1.158965] pc : refcount_warn_saturate+0xdc/0x148

[ 1.163760] lr : refcount_warn_saturate+0xdc/0x148

[ 1.168556] sp : ffff800009ddb080

[ 1.171866] x29: ffff800009ddb080 x28: ffff800009ddb35a x27: 0000000000000002

[ 1.179015] x26: ffff8000098b06ad x25: ffffffffffffffff x24: ffff0a00ffffff05

[ 1.186165] x23: ffff00001fdf6470 x22: ffff800009ddb367 x21: 0000000000000000

[ 1.193314] x20: ffff00001fdfebe8 x19: ffff00001fdfec50 x18: ffffffffffffffff

[ 1.200464] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000118 x15: 0000000000000004

[ 1.207614] x14: 0000000000000fff x13: ffff800009bca248 x12: 0000000000000003

[ 1.214764] x11: 00000000ffffefff x10: c0000000ffffefff x9 : 4762cb2ccb52de00

[ 1.221914] x8 : 4762cb2ccb52de00 x7 : 205d313431303231 x6 : 312e31202020205b

[ 1.229063] x5 : ffff800009d55c1f x4 : 0000000000000001 x3 : 0000000000000000

[ 1.236213] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : ffff800009954be6 x0 : 000000000000002a

[ 1.243365] Call trace:

[ 1.245806] refcount_warn_saturate+0xdc/0x148

[ 1.250253] kobject_get+0x98/0x9c

[ 1.253658] of_node_get+0x20/0x34

[ 1.257072] of_fwnode_get+0x3c/0x54

[ 1.260652] fwnode_get_nth_parent+0xd8/0xf4

[ 1.264926] fwnode_full_name_string+0x3c/0xb4

[ 1.269373] device_node_string+0x498/0x5b4

[ 1.273561] pointer+0x41c/0x5d0

[ 1.276793] vsnprintf+0x4d8/0x694

[ 1.280198] vprintk_store+0x164/0x528

[ 1.283951] vprintk_emit+0x98/0x164

[ 1.287530] vprintk_default+0x44/0x6c

[ 1.291284] vprintk+0xf0/0x134

[ 1.294428] _printk+0x54/0x7c

[ 1.297486] of_node_release+0xe8/0x128

[ 1.301326] kobject_put+0x98/0xfc

[ 1.304732] of_node_put+0x1c/0x28

[ 1.308137] add_mtd_device+0x484/0x6d4

[ 1.311977] add_mtd_partitions+0xf0/0x1d0

[ 1.316078] parse_mtd_partitions+0x45c/0x518

[ 1.320439] mtd_device_parse_register+0xb0/0x274

[ 1.325147] gpmi_nand_probe+0x51c/0x650

[ 1.329074] platform_probe+0xa8/0xd0

[ 1.332740] really_probe+0x130/0x334

[ 1.336406] __driver_probe_device+0xb4/0xe0

[ 1.340681] driver_probe_device+0x3c/0x1f8

[ 1.344869] __driver_attach+0xdc/0x1a4

[ 1.348708] bus_for_each_dev+0x80/0xcc

[ 1.352548] driver_attach+0x24/0x30

[ 1.356127] bus_add_driver+0x108/0x1f4

[ 1.359967] driver_register+0x78/0x114

[ 1.363807] __platform_driver_register+0x24/0x30

[ 1.368515] gpmi_nand_driver_init+0x1c/0x28

[ 1.372798] do_one_initcall+0xbc/0x238

[ 1.376638] do_initcall_level+0x94/0xb4

[ 1.380565] do_initcalls+0x54/0x94

[ 1.384058] do_basic_setup+0x1c/0x28

[ 1.387724] kernel_init_freeable+0x110/0x188

[ 1.392084] kernel_init+0x20/0x1a0

[ 1.395578] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20

[ 1.399157] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

[ 1.403782] ------------[ cut here ]------------

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00168 · 5.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-416 · Use After Free
Published
2025-09-15T19:15Z
Affected products (3)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.0, < 6.0.76.0.7
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
References (2)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 SEP 14:21Z
    mtd: core: add missing of_node_get() in dynamic partitions code
    cvelistv5