Bug 2298204 (CVE-2022-48860)

Summary: CVE-2022-48860 kernel: ethernet: Fix error handling in xemaclite_of_probe
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: dfreiber, drow, jburrell, vkumar
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OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: kernel 4.9.307, kernel 4.14.272, kernel 4.19.235, kernel 5.4.185, kernel 5.10.106, kernel 5.15.29, kernel 5.16.15, kernel 5.17 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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A flaw was found in the xilinx_emaclite module in the Linux kernel. A memory leak can occur due to an improper error handling when a device can't be registered, potentially impacting system performance and possibly resulting in a denial of service.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-07-16 13:33:44 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ethernet: Fix error handling in xemaclite_of_probe

This node pointer is returned by of_parse_phandle() with refcount
incremented in this function. Calling of_node_put() to avoid the
refcount leak. As the remove function do.