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  "id": "CVE-2024-44971",
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  "published": "2024-09-04T19:15:31.367",
  "lastModified": "2024-09-05T17:54:36.607",
  "vulnStatus": "Analyzed",
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: dsa: bcm_sf2: Fix a possible memory leak in bcm_sf2_mdio_register()\n\nbcm_sf2_mdio_register() calls of_phy_find_device() and then\nphy_device_remove() in a loop to remove existing PHY devices.\nof_phy_find_device() eventually calls bus_find_device(), which calls\nget_device() on the returned struct device * to increment the refcount.\nThe current implementation does not decrement the refcount, which causes\nmemory leak.\n\nThis commit adds the missing phy_device_free() call to decrement the\nrefcount via put_device() to balance the refcount."
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      "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: net: dsa: bcm_sf2: Se corrige una posible p\u00e9rdida de memoria en bcm_sf2_mdio_register() bcm_sf2_mdio_register() llama a of_phy_find_device() y luego a phy_device_remove() en un bucle para eliminar los dispositivos PHY existentes. of_phy_find_device() finalmente llama a bus_find_device(), que llama a get_device() en el struct device * devuelto para incrementar el refcount. La implementaci\u00f3n actual no disminuye el refcount, lo que causa una p\u00e9rdida de memoria. Esta confirmaci\u00f3n agrega la llamada phy_device_free() faltante para disminuir el refcount a trav\u00e9s de put_device() para equilibrar el refcount."
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