Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting kernel package, versions <0:4.14.304-226.531.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-KERNEL-15322929
  • published20 Feb 2026
  • disclosed30 Dec 2025

Introduced: 30 Dec 2025

CVE-2022-50887  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel to version 0:4.14.304-226.531.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2023-1932.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel package and not the kernel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

regulator: core: fix unbalanced of node refcount in regulator_dev_lookup()

I got the the following report:

OF: ERROR: memory leak, expected refcount 1 instead of 2, of_node_get()/of_node_put() unbalanced - destroy cset entry: attach overlay node /i2c/pmic@62/regulators/exten

In of_get_regulator(), the node is returned from of_parse_phandle() with refcount incremented, after using it, of_node_put() need be called.

CVSS Base Scores

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