{"cve":"CVE-2022-50887","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-30T13:16:03.833","modified":"2026-06-17T05:24:21.390","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nregulator: core: fix unbalanced of node refcount in regulator_dev_lookup()\n\nI got the the following report:\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@62/regulators/exten\n\nIn of_get_regulator(), the node is returned from of_parse_phandle()\nwith refcount incremented, after using it, of_node_put() need be called.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e88505ac0a6ae97746bcdbd4b042ee9f20455ae","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b93c58adddd98812ad928bbc2063038f3df1ffd","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f98469c3141f8e42ba11075a273fb795bbad57f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ac888db0f67813d91373a9a61c840f815cd4ec9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4dfcf5087db9a34a300d6b99009232d4537c3e6a"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:18:08.089039631+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-50887","score":0.00237,"percentile":0.14743,"date":"2026-10-31"},"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."]}