# CVE-2023-53268: ASoC: fsl\_mqs: move of\_node\_put() to the correct location

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-09-16 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.5

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: fsl_mqs: move of_node_put() to the correct location of_node_put() should have been done directly after mqs_priv->regmap = syscon_node_to_regmap(gpr_np); otherwise it creates a reference leak on the success path. To fix this, of_node_put() is moved to the correct location, and change all the gotos to direct returns.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5a6930fc6a432e32714c4ed3c597077d999cf6d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a129c0e9935112ecf2ffb6de98f83b8fd090c86
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/402299cca89273b62384b5f9645ea49cd5fc4a57
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a2585088a7d6f98a5a910f5b4b74b6d24e63156
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bdb4a5ccab2316935ce4ad4fd4df8d36f0ffc6e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c34890273a020d61d6127ade3f68ed1cb21c16a

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