{"cve":"CVE-2022-50246","nvd":{"published":"2025-09-15T14:15:35.030","modified":"2026-06-17T05:23:03.973","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nusb: typec: tcpci: fix of node refcount leak in tcpci_register_port()\n\nI got the following report while doing device(mt6370-tcpc) load\ntest with CONFIG_OF_UNITTEST and CONFIG_OF_DYNAMIC enabled:\n\n  OF: ERROR: memory leak, expected refcount 1 instead of 2,\n  of_node_get()/of_node_put() unbalanced - destroy cset entry:\n  attach overlay node /i2c/pmic@34/tcpc/connector\n\nThe 'fwnode' set in tcpci_parse_config() which is called\nin tcpci_register_port(), its node refcount is increased\nin device_get_named_child_node(). It needs be put while\nexiting, so call fwnode_handle_put() in the error path of\ntcpci_register_port() and in tcpci_unregister_port() to\navoid leak.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0384e87e3fec735e47f1c133c796f32ef7a72a9b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f257e2eba419ab4cd880c822346450e4e7b2af3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f125507d2270035dfcf83fbff6cff5a143e200c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba75be6f0d9d028d20852564206565a4c03e3288","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3b6c28a71f111a6c67ddc3238aab95910fd86cf"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:08:41.295252406+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-50246","score":0.0016,"percentile":0.05118,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}