Refcount Leak in Amlogic Secure Power Controller within Linux Kernel

CVE-2022-50208

What is CVE-2022-50208?

A refcount leak was discovered in the Amlogic secure power controller driver within the Linux kernel. This issue arises in the function meson_secure_pwrc_probe(), specifically when a failure occurs during execution. The leak could potentially lead to improper management of object lifetimes, which may affect overall system stability and resource management.

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