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        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2024-08-22T01:27:53.628Z",
        "datePublished": "2024-10-21T20:05:45.849Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2024-10-22T13:28:39.139Z"
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                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: mdio: fix unbalanced fwnode reference count in mdio_device_release()\n\nThere is warning report about of_node refcount leak\nwhile probing mdio device:\n\nOF: ERROR: memory leak, expected refcount 1 instead of 2,\nof_node_get()/of_node_put() unbalanced - destroy cset entry:\nattach overlay node /spi/soc@0/mdio@710700c0/ethernet@4\n\nIn of_mdiobus_register_device(), we increase fwnode refcount\nby fwnode_handle_get() before associating the of_node with\nmdio device, but it has never been decreased in normal path.\nSince that, in mdio_device_release(), it needs to call\nfwnode_handle_put() in addition instead of calling kfree()\ndirectly.\n\nAfter above, just calling mdio_device_free() in the error handle\npath of of_mdiobus_register_device() is enough to keep the\nrefcount balanced."
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                {
                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16854177745a5648f8ec322353b432e18460f43a"
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                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5c6de1a6656b8cc6bce7cb3d9874dd7df4968c3"
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                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb37617687f2bfa5b675df7779f869147c9002bd"
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            "title": "net: mdio: fix unbalanced fwnode reference count in mdio_device_release()",
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