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FKIE_CVE-2023-54230

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-12-30 13:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:47
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: amba: bus: fix refcount leak commit 5de1540b7bc4 ("drivers/amba: create devices from device tree") increases the refcount of of_node, but not releases it in amba_device_release, so there is refcount leak. By using of_node_put to avoid refcount leak.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03db4fe7917bb160eeccf3968835475fa32b7e10
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/206fadb7278ceac7593dd0b945a77b9df856a674
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f1807fddd9bf175ee5e14fffc6b6106e4b297ef
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81ff633a88be2482c163d3acd2801d501261ce6a
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b60a706166de5de82314494704c2419e7657bf8
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9062ce0ccbd82fbe81cc839a512c0ad90847e01c
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94e398df32e850f26828690ee62f7441979583cc
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9baf2278b3eed2c50112169121257d8a6ee0606c
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e312cbdc11305568554a9e18a2ea5c2492c183f3
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T06:47:03.473",
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