{"id":"CVE-2026-97972","published":"2026-09-25T11:17:25.090","lastModified":"2026-09-25T11:17:25.090","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: macb: put the \"mdio\" child node reference on success\n\nmacb_mii_init() holds the reference returned by of_get_child_by_name()\nfor macb_mdiobus_register() and drops it only on the error paths, so\nevery successful probe leaks a node reference. On a CM5, overlay\nremoval after four bind cycles reports\n\n  OF: ERROR: memory leak, expected refcount 1 instead of 5\n\nDrop the reference after registration, where __mdiobus_register() has\nalready taken its own for the lifetime of the bus.","cvssScore":null,"cvssSeverity":null,"cvssVector":null,"cwes":[],"vendors":[],"products":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/382a373d9ea7a6ac4de9c022385b6217f65ae3cc","tags":[]},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5fba30080d298edb742396073372385c961578d3","tags":[]},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d60dc7ff85b73a2119d582ca2d4456b30960380","tags":[]}],"exploitRefs":[],"hasPoc":false,"ai":null}