CVE-2026-97972— net: macb: put the "mdio" child node reference on success
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Affected
Linux Linux
Exploitation
No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
Recommended action
Check the vendor advisory and references for a fixed version. If immediate upgrade is impossible, restrict exposure and increase monitoring.
在 Linux 内核中，已修复以下漏洞： net: macb: 在成功情况下释放“mdio”子节点的引用 持有通过 获取的、用于 的节点引用，但仅在错误路径上释放该引用，导致每次成功探测时都会泄漏一个节点引用。在 CM5 设备上，经历四次绑定循环后移除设备树覆盖层（overlay）时会报告以下错误： OF: ERROR: memory leak, expected refcount 1 instead of 5 在注册完成后释放该引用，因为此时 已经为自己获取了该引用，以管理总线生命周期内的引用计数。
Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI
T1610 · Deploy ContainerAffected Version Matrix 8
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 8a6631f1cece09047fa44608d21d520ca65ce7d8< 5fba30080d298edb742396073372385c961578d3 |
affected |
8a6631f1cece09047fa44608d21d520ca65ce7d8< 7d60dc7ff85b73a2119d582ca2d4456b30960380 |
affected | ||
8a6631f1cece09047fa44608d21d520ca65ce7d8< 382a373d9ea7a6ac4de9c022385b6217f65ae3cc |
affected | ||
6.13 |
affected | ||
< 6.13 |
unaffected | ||
6.18.53≤ 6.18.* |
unaffected | ||
7.2.7≤ 7.2.* |
unaffected | ||
7.3-rc3≤ * |
unaffected |
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-97972
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Vulnerability Title
net: macb: put the "mdio" child node reference on success
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: macb: put the "mdio" child node reference on success
macb_mii_init() holds the reference returned by of_get_child_by_name()
for macb_mdiobus_register() and drops it only on the error paths, so
every successful probe leaks a node reference. On a CM5, overlay
removal after four bind cycles reports
OF: ERROR: memory leak, expected refcount 1 instead of 5
Drop the reference after registration, where __mdiobus_register() has
already taken its own for the lifetime of the bus.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Affected Products
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Patches & Fixes for CVE-2026-97972 (3)
Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2026-09-25 · 372 CVEs total
| CVE-2026-100075 | 9.8 CRITICAL | RDMA/srpt: Fix srpt_alloc_rw_ctxs() unwind counters |
| CVE-2026-97555 | 8.8 HIGH | smb: client: fix heap overflow in DACL owner/group rewrite |
| CVE-2026-97957 | 8.8 HIGH | net: hinic: fix mailbox segment buffer overflow |
| CVE-2026-97527 | 8.8 HIGH | scsi: qla2xxx: Serialize NVMe unsol ctx list with a per-fcport lock |
| CVE-2026-97528 | 8.8 HIGH | scsi: qla2xxx: Unlink NVMe unsol ctx before freeing on LS reject error |
| CVE-2026-98115 | 8.8 HIGH | ksmbd: safely drain sessions during logoff |
| CVE-2026-97525 | 8.2 HIGH | x86/mm/pat: Allocate split page tables as kernel page tables |
| CVE-2026-98069 | 8.1 HIGH | net/rds: acquire the fastpath locks in rds_conn_shutdown() |
| CVE-2026-97573 | 8.1 HIGH | bnxt_en: Handle buffer allocation failure in bnxt_rx_ring_reset() |
| CVE-2026-97570 | 8.1 HIGH | bnxt_en: Bound SW TPA IDs to prevent crashes |
| CVE-2026-98130 | 8.1 HIGH | sctp: fix a TOCTOU race in SCTP_CMD_TIMER_START |
| CVE-2026-98070 | 8.1 HIGH | net/rds: acquire RDS_IN_XMIT in rds_tcp_reset_callbacks() |
| CVE-2026-97941 | 7.8 HIGH | mm/slab: take n->list_lock in __slab_try_return_freelist() to avoid race |
| CVE-2026-97575 | 7.8 HIGH | media: v4l2-ctrls: validate AV1 tile counts |
| CVE-2026-97576 | 7.8 HIGH | media: v4l2-ctrls: validate HEVC tile counts |
| CVE-2026-98002 | 7.8 HIGH | iommu/amd: Fix ineffective error check in nested domain allocation |
| CVE-2026-98112 | 7.8 HIGH | ksmbd: fix listener task lifetime on netdev events |
| CVE-2026-97937 | 7.8 HIGH | ftrace: fork: Initialize function graph state before copy_exec_state() |
| CVE-2026-97580 | 7.8 HIGH | media: rkvdec: bound HEVC tile loops and PPS id to the array capacity |
| CVE-2026-97940 | 7.8 HIGH | ipv6: fix fib6 walker UAF on seq stop |
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