๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2024-50166

MEDIUM 5.5

fsl/fman: Fix refcount handling of fman-related devices

CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fsl/fman: Fix refcount handling of fman-related devices In mac_probe() there are multiple calls to of_find_device_by_node(), fman_bind() and fman_port_bind() which takes references to of_dev->dev. Not all references taken by these calls are released later on error path in mac_probe() and in mac_remove() which lead to reference leaks. Add references release.

Vendor linux
Product linux
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Published Nov 7, 2024
Last Updated May 11, 2026
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
3933961682a30ae7d405cda344c040a129fea422 < 5ed4334fc9512f934fe2ae9c4cf7f8142e451b8b 3933961682a30ae7d405cda344c040a129fea422 < 3c2a3619d565fe16bf59b0a047bab103a2ee4490 3933961682a30ae7d405cda344c040a129fea422 < 1dec67e0d9fbb087c2ab17bf1bd17208231c3bb1
Linux / Linux
4.5

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ed4334fc9512f934fe2ae9c4cf7f8142e451b8b git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c2a3619d565fe16bf59b0a047bab103a2ee4490 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dec67e0d9fbb087c2ab17bf1bd17208231c3bb1