# CVE-2022-48860: ethernet: Fix error handling in xemaclite\_of\_probe

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-07-16 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 2.6.34

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ethernet: Fix error handling in xemaclite_of_probe This node pointer is returned by of_parse_phandle() with refcount incremented in this function. Calling of_node_put() to avoid the refcount leak. As the remove function do.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/669172ce976608b25a2f76f3c65d47f042d125c9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7220f8e9d6c6b9594ddfb3125dad938cd478b1f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8609e29611befc4bfbe7a91bb50fc65ae72ff549
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ee065a7a9b6a3976c16340503677efc4d8351f6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/979b418b96e35f07136f77962ccfaa54cf3e30e1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e7c402892e189a7bc152b125e72261154aa585d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1852854ee349881efb78ccdbbb237838975902e4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b19ab4b38b06aae12442b2de95ccf58b5dc53584

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