CVE-2022-49016

net: mdiobus: fix unbalanced node reference count

published October 21, 2024

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
14.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00245 · 14.9th percentile
Published
2024-10-21T20:06Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 21 OCT 20:06Z
    net: mdiobus: fix unbalanced node reference count
    cvelistv5