Medium 5.5Published Feb 4, 2026

CVE-2026-23081net: phy: intel-xway: fix OF node refcount leakage

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 3:00 PM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: phy: intel-xway: fix OF node refcount leakage Automated review spotted am OF node reference count leakage when checking if the 'leds' child node exists. Call of_put_node() to correctly maintain the refcount.

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: May 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	1758af47b98c17da464cb45f476875150955dd48 builds before 1f24dfd556401b75f78e8d9cbd94dd9f31411c3a; from 1758af47b98c17da464cb45f476875150955dd48 before 79912b256e14054e6ba177d7e7e631485ce23dbe	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 6.13 before 6.18.8; 6.19; 6.19; 6.19; 6.19; 6.19; 6.19	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f24dfd556401b75f78e8d9cbd94dd9f31411c3a	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79912b256e14054e6ba177d7e7e631485ce23dbe	patch

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