CVE-2022-48856 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2022-48856

gianfar: ethtool: Fix refcount leak in gfar_get_ts_info

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
7349a74ea75ca27606ead81df3ed67f1b32a94ba, 4.18, 0, 4.19.235, 5.4.185, 5.10.106, 5.15.29, 5.16.15, 5.17

Timeline

Official Publish: July 16th, 2024
Last Modified: May 11th, 2026
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.