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CVE-2022-49016

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CVE-2022-49016

Published: Oct 21, 2024

Modified: May 11, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: mdiobus: fix unbalanced node reference count I got the following report while doing device(mscc-miim) load test with CONFIG_OF_UNITTEST and CONFIG_OF_DYNAMIC enabled: 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@7107009c/ethernet-phy@0 If the 'fwnode' is not an acpi node, the refcount is get in fwnode_mdiobus_phy_device_register(), but it has never been put when the device is freed in the normal path. So call fwnode_handle_put() in phy_device_release() to avoid leak. If it's an acpi node, it has never been get, but it's put in the error path, so call fwnode_handle_get() before phy_device_register() to keep get/put operation balanced.

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux

affected
bc1bee3b87ee48bd97ef7fd306445132ba2041b0 - < 543d917f691ab06885ee779c862065899eaa4251
affected
bc1bee3b87ee48bd97ef7fd306445132ba2041b0 - < 2708b357440427d6a9fee667eb7b8307f4625adc
affected
bc1bee3b87ee48bd97ef7fd306445132ba2041b0 - < cdde1560118f82498fc9e9a7c1ef7f0ef7755891

Linux

Linux

affected
5.14
unaffected
0 - < 5.14
unaffected
5.15.82 - <= 5.15.*
unaffected
6.0.12 - <= 6.0.*
unaffected
6.1 - <= *

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