CVE-2022-48856

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 4.19.235 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gianfar: ethtool: Fix refcount leak in gfar_get_ts_info The of_find_compatible_node() function returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, We should use of_node_put() on it when done Add the missing of_node_put() to release the refcount.

References (6)

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e1b9a2078e07fb1e6e91bf8badfd89ecab1e848

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21044e679ed535345042d2023f7df0ca8e897e2a

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ac5b58e645c66932438bb021cb5b52097ce70b0

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6263f2eb93a85ad7df504daf0c341a7fb6bbe8a6

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f49f646f9ec296fc0afe7ae92c2bb47f23e3846c

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7b3b520349193f8a82cca74daf366199e06add9

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0002

EPSS Percentile 5.6%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-401

Status published

Affected Products (6)

linux/linux_kernel < 4.19.235

linux/Kernel < 4.19.235linux

linux/Kernel < 5.4.185linux

linux/Kernel < 5.10.106linux

linux/Kernel < 5.15.29linux

linux/Kernel < 5.16.15linux

Timeline

Published Jul 16, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026