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DEBIAN-CVE-2024-44971

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-44971 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11linux5.10.178-1, 5.10.179-4, 5.10.179-5
Debian:12linux6.1.82-1, 0, 6.1.27-1
Debian:13linux0, 0
Debian:14linux0, 0
Debian:11linux-6.10, 6.1.106-3~deb11u1, 6.1.106-3

Timeline

  • Sep 4, 2024 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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