{
  "threat_severity" : "Low",
  "public_date" : "2025-12-30T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "kernel: usb: typec: wusb3801: fix fwnode refcount leak in wusb3801_probe()",
    "id" : "2426214",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2426214"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "3.3",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-911",
  "details" : [ "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nusb: typec: wusb3801: fix fwnode refcount leak in wusb3801_probe()\nI got the following report while doing fault injection test:\nOF: ERROR: memory leak, expected refcount 1 instead of 4,\nof_node_get()/of_node_put() unbalanced - destroy cset entry:\nattach overlay node /i2c/tcpc@60/connector\nIf wusb3801_hw_init() fails, fwnode_handle_put() needs be called to\navoid refcount leak.", "A reference count leak was found in the wusb3801 USB Type-C driver. When wusb3801_hw_init() fails during probe, the firmware node reference is not properly released, causing a gradual memory leak." ],
  "statement" : "This flaw requires specific hardware (WUSB3801 USB Type-C controller) and only triggers when hardware initialization fails. The practical impact is limited to minor memory leaks on error paths during device probing.",
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "release_date" : "2023-11-07T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2023:6583",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9",
    "package" : "kernel-0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "release_date" : "2023-11-07T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2023:6583",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9",
    "package" : "kernel-0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50825\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50825\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025123017-CVE-2022-50825-905f@gregkh/T" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2022-50825",
  "csaw" : false
}