Medium 5.5Published May 27, 2026

CVE-2026-45925thermal/of: Fix reference leak in thermal_of_cm_lookup()

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 6:40 PM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thermal/of: Fix reference leak in thermal_of_cm_lookup() In thermal_of_cm_lookup(), tr_np is obtained via of_parse_phandle(), but never released. Use the __free(device_node) cleanup attribute to automatically release the node and fix the leak. [ rjw: Changelog edits ]

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: Undergoing Analysis
Record last updated: May 27, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from e11df3bffde16fd3b6843aadfb921b5be0f8b55a before 8af710156c53cdb392d529497ef2b3a10a1f9370; from 423de5b5bc5b267586b449abd1c4fde562aa0cf9 before 8344d5da9df74fdbef676214d0c482fc822a01ca; from 423de5b5bc5b267586b449abd1c4fde562aa0cf9 before 025796ccd7f9f2e013e12319de26b6c021a80c1f; from 423de5b5bc5b267586b449abd1c4fde562aa0cf9 before a1fe789a96fe47733c133134fd264cb7ca832395; a1e9e19a70eed67a69ca697368739ea1a3ba5780; from 6.12.18 before 6.12.75; from 6.13.6 before 6.14	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 6.12.18 before 6.12.75; from 6.13.6 before 6.14; from 6.14.1 before 6.18.14; from 6.19 before 6.19.4; 6.14; 6.14; 6.14; 6.14	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8af710156c53cdb392d529497ef2b3a10a1f9370	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8344d5da9df74fdbef676214d0c482fc822a01ca	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/025796ccd7f9f2e013e12319de26b6c021a80c1f	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1fe789a96fe47733c133134fd264cb7ca832395	patch

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