In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: mediatek: Fix error handling in mt8183_da7219_max98357_dev_probe The device_node pointer is returned by of_parse_phandle() with refcount incremented. We should use of_node_put() on it when done. This function only calls of_node_put() in the regular path. And it will cause refcount leak in error paths. Fix this by calling of_node_put() in error handling too.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-49161 is rated Low Risk (31/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.09%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-04-06 | 0.04% | 0.09% | +0.05% |
| 2 | 2026-02-19 | 0.05% | 0.04% | -0.01% |
| 3 | 2025-12-23 | — | 0.05% | — |
Full EPSS history (6 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
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1.8 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2022-49161 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4, open 1. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-49161 |
redhat
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— | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-49161 |
suse
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medium | CVE-2022-49161 severity moderate: SUSE including 26 source package names (cluster-md-kmp-default, dlm-kmp-default, …), 151 product×package rows across 30 product lines (SLES-LTSS-TERADATA 15 SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12 SP5, … (30 product lines)): Known Not Affected 151. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-49161/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2022-49161 medium priority: Ubuntu including 158 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1551 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1145, ignored 150, released 92, not-affected 89, needed 75. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-49161 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.2, < 5.17.2 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |