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.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= 771089c2a485958e423f305e974303760167b45c, < b7b8d9f5e679af60c94251fd6728dde34be69a71; >= 771089c2a485958e423f305e974303760167b45c, < c05516c072903f6fb9134b8e7e1ad4bffcdc4819; >= 771089c2a485958e423f305e974303760167b45c, < 7feef10768ea71d468d9bbc1e0d14c461876768c; >= 771089c2a485958e423f305e974303760167b45c, < a7d2808d67570e6acae45c2a96e0d59986888e4c; >= 771089c2a485958e423f305e974303760167b45c, < f3d5efe18a11f94150fee8b3fda9d62079af640a; >= 771089c2a485958e423f305e974303760167b45c, < e3862093ee93fcfbdadcb7957f5f8974fffa806a |
| Linux | Linux | 5.10 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7feef10768ea71d468d9bbc1e0d14c461876768cPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7d2808d67570e6acae45c2a96e0d59986888e4cPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7b8d9f5e679af60c94251fd6728dde34be69a71Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c05516c072903f6fb9134b8e7e1ad4bffcdc4819Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3862093ee93fcfbdadcb7957f5f8974fffa806aPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3d5efe18a11f94150fee8b3fda9d62079af640aPatch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00003.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
Timeline
- Published
- Sep 4, 2024
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified