CVE-2024-46767

kernel: net: phy: Fix missing of_node_put() for leds

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · September 18, 2024

Updated · October 29, 2026

Description

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

net: phy: Fix missing of_node_put() for leds

The call of of_get_child_by_name() will cause refcount incremented for leds, if it succeeds, it should call of_node_put() to decrease it, fix it.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-772 · Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime