VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2024-50012
CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.23%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-10-21
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: Avoid a bad reference count on CPU node In the parse_perf_domain function, if the call to of_parse_phandle_with_args returns an error, then the reference to the CPU device node that was acquired at the start of the function would not be properly decremented. Address this by declaring the variable with the __free(device_node) cleanup attribute.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other