Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-48856 - Memory Leak vulnerability in Linux Kernel

047910
CVSS 5.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
local
low complexity
linux
CWE-401

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Linux
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