Medium 5.5Published May 6, 2026

CVE-2026-43165hwmon: (nct7363) Fix a resource leak in nct7363_present_pwm_fanin

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 12:23 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (nct7363) Fix a resource leak in nct7363_present_pwm_fanin When calling of_parse_phandle_with_args(), the caller is responsible to call of_node_put() to release the reference of device node. In nct7363_present_pwm_fanin, it does not release the reference, causing a resource leak.

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)	from 46b94c485ed197bc681da242440c6e2315697c57 before c8cde3ddd12ad7d0e6b5a3e0ea3914a9a778adf4; from 46b94c485ed197bc681da242440c6e2315697c57 before fb99b58763a95e20b214fc1dd86837ae00a400b7; from 46b94c485ed197bc681da242440c6e2315697c57 before 4923bbff0bcffe488b3aa76829c829bd15b02585	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 6.13 before 6.18.16; from 6.19 before 6.19.6	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8cde3ddd12ad7d0e6b5a3e0ea3914a9a778adf4	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb99b58763a95e20b214fc1dd86837ae00a400b7	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4923bbff0bcffe488b3aa76829c829bd15b02585	patch

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