CVE-2024-44971

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Use-After-Free in bcm_sf2_mdio_register

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: dsa: bcm_sf2: Fix a possible memory leak in bcm_sf2_mdio_register() bcm_sf2_mdio_register() calls of_phy_find_device() and then phy_device_remove() in a loop to remove existing PHY devices. of_phy_find_device() eventually calls bus_find_device(), which calls get_device() on the returned struct device * to increment the refcount. The current implementation does not decrement the refcount, which causes memory leak. This commit adds the missing phy_device_free() call to decrement the refcount via put_device() to balance the refcount.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 11.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (21)
linux/Kernel 5.10.0 - 5.10.224linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.165linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.105linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.46linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.10.5linux
Linux/Linux < 5.10
Linux/Linux 5.10
Linux/Linux 5.10.224 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.165 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 6.1.105 - 6.1.*
... and 11 more
Published Sep 04, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026