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

mt76: mt7915: Fix PCI device refcount leak in mt7915_pci_init_hif2()

As comment of pci_get_device() says, it returns a pci_device with its
refcount increased. We need to call pci_dev_put() to decrease the
refcount. Save the return value of pci_get_device() and call
pci_dev_put() to decrease the refcount.
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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History

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mt76: mt7915: Fix PCI device refcount leak in mt7915_pci_init_hif2() As comment of pci_get_device() says, it returns a pci_device with its refcount increased. We need to call pci_dev_put() to decrease the refcount. Save the return value of pci_get_device() and call pci_dev_put() to decrease the refcount.
Title mt76: mt7915: Fix PCI device refcount leak in mt7915_pci_init_hif2()
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-01T11:45:35.878Z

Reserved: 2025-10-01T11:38:45.641Z

Link: CVE-2022-50464

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-10-01T12:15:39.997

Modified: 2025-10-01T12:15:39.997

Link: CVE-2022-50464

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-10-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-50464 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-10-02T08:38:46Z