# CVE-2024-46767: net: phy: Fix missing of\_node\_put() for leds

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-09-18 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: phy: Fix missing of_node_put() for leds The call of of_get_child_by_name() will cause refcount incremented for leds, if it succeeds, it should call of_node_put() to decrease it, fix it.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26928c8f00f6bb0e194f3957fe51c69d36838eb2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9c8dbbc236cdc6231ee91cdede2fc97b430cfff
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2560db6ede1aaf162a73b2df43e0b6c5ed8819f7

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