CVE-2022-49367 net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Fix refcount leak in mv88e6xxx_mdios_register

What is CVE-2022-49367?

CVE-2022-49367 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Fix refcount leak in mv88e6xxx_mdios_register

of_get_child_by_name() returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when done.

mv88e6xxx_mdio_register() pass the device node to of_mdiobus_register(). We don't need the device node after it.

Add missing of_node_put() to avoid refcount leak.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49367?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-49367?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2022-49367 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49367 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49367, GHSA-ggw9-xmqw-whqq, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49367.