CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-64161

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the TI ICSSM PRUETH network driver in the Linux kernel, a reference leak of the eth_ports_node device tree node occurs in the probe function. The leak happens on the error path after a failed of_property_read_u32() call, where the node is not released before returning.

Risk Assessment

This reference leak can lead to gradual kernel memory exhaustion, potentially causing system instability or denial of service (DoS) on devices using this driver over time.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix (commit addressing the issue). If an update is not possible, apply an appropriate backport of the patch.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ti: icssm-prueth: fix eth_ports_node leak in probe The error path on of_property_read_u32() failure inside icssm_prueth_probe() returns without putting eth_ports_node, which was acquired before the for_each_child_of_node() loop. Drop it before returning.

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