CVE-2022-48961
net: mdio: fix unbalanced fwnode reference count in mdio_device_release()
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Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: mdio: fix unbalanced fwnode reference count in mdio_device_release()
There is warning report about of_node refcount leak
while probing mdio device:
OF: ERROR: memory leak, expected refcount 1 instead of 2,
of_node_get()/of_node_put() unbalanced - destroy cset entry:
attach overlay node /spi/soc@0/mdio@710700c0/ethernet@4
In of_mdiobus_register_device(), we increase fwnode refcount
by fwnode_handle_get() before associating the of_node with
mdio device, but it has never been decreased in normal path.
Since that, in mdio_device_release(), it needs to call
fwnode_handle_put() in addition instead of calling kfree()
directly.
After above, just calling mdio_device_free() in the error handle
path of of_mdiobus_register_device() is enough to keep the
refcount balanced.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:Track
Timeline
- 2024-08-22 CVE Reserved
- 2024-10-21 CVE Published
- 2024-10-25 EPSS Updated
- 2024-11-04 CVE Updated
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- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
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References (4)
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9049e0c513c4521dbfaa302af8ed08b3366b41f | Vuln. Introduced |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.5 < 5.15.83 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.5 < 5.15.83" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.5 < 6.0.13 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.5 < 6.0.13" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.5 < 6.1 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.5 < 6.1" | en |
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