CVE-2022-49342

MEDIUM EPSS 14.7%
Published Feb 26, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Feb 26, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethernet: bgmac: Fix refcount leak in bcma_mdio_mii_register of_get_child_by_name() returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when not need anymore. Add missing of_node_put() to avoid refcount leak.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
14.7% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Affected Products 3

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.8  –  <5.17.15
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.18  –  <5.18.4
linuxlinux_kernel5.19any

References 3

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fb1fe7d9a167205413f1de8db9f7d0f82c78286
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b51996e35bbfcc7a27d94dfeed5cc2429b2c0df4
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8d91399775c55162073bb2aca061ec42e3d4bc1
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fb1fe7d9a167205413f1de8db9f7d0f82c78286
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b51996e35bbfcc7a27d94dfeed5cc2429b2c0df4
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8d91399775c55162073bb2aca061ec42e3d4bc1
    Patch