Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-48856 - Memory Leak vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH 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
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6263f2eb93a85ad7df504daf0c341a7fb6bbe8a6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7b3b520349193f8a82cca74daf366199e06add9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21044e679ed535345042d2023f7df0ca8e897e2a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f49f646f9ec296fc0afe7ae92c2bb47f23e3846c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e1b9a2078e07fb1e6e91bf8badfd89ecab1e848
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ac5b58e645c66932438bb021cb5b52097ce70b0