CVE-2026-46030 PUBLISHED

EDAC/versalnet: Fix device_node leak in mc_probe()

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 13.05.2026 Published: 27.05.2026 Updated: 27.05.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

EDAC/versalnet: Fix device_node leak in mc_probe()

of_parse_phandle() returns a device_node reference that must be released with of_node_put(). The original code never freed r5_core_node on any exit path, causing a memory leak.

Fix this by using the automatic cleanup attribute __free(device_node) which ensures of_node_put() is called when the variable goes out of scope.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from d5fe2fec6c40dda03df8cc9b4a97de0b7e39f984 to b6e61356ad24987be40bf25369d22dd8dd00a513 (excl.)
  • affected from d5fe2fec6c40dda03df8cc9b4a97de0b7e39f984 to 17e136993b2b5111d1ee1c57bbd188ae0bb0e128 (excl.)
  • affected from d5fe2fec6c40dda03df8cc9b4a97de0b7e39f984 to 5c709b376460ff322580c41600e31c02f7cc0307 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.18 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.18 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.27 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.0.4 to 7.0.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1-rc1 to * (incl.)

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