CVE-2022-48896
ixgbe: fix pci device refcount leak
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ixgbe: fix pci device refcount leak As the comment of pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot() says, it returns a PCI device with refcount incremented, when finish using it, the caller must decrement the reference count by calling pci_dev_put(). In ixgbe_get_first_secondary_devfn() and ixgbe_x550em_a_has_mii(), pci_dev_put() is called to avoid leak.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/112df4cd2b09acd64bcd18f5ef83ba5d07b34bf0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c93422a54cd6a349988f42e1c6bf082cf4ea9d8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53cefa802f070d46c0c518f4865be2c749818a18
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b93fb4405fcb5112c5739c5349afb52ec7f15c07
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c49996c6aa03590e4ef5add8772cb6068d99fd59
References (5)
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CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
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