CVE-2023-54111
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Reference Count Leak in Linux Kernel Rockchip Pinctrl Component

Publication date: 2025-12-24

Last updated on: 2025-12-24

Assigner: kernel.org

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pinctrl: rockchip: Fix refcount leak in rockchip_pinctrl_parse_groups of_find_node_by_phandle() returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, We should use of_node_put() on it when not needed anymore. Add missing of_node_put() to avoid refcount leak.
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Published
2025-12-24
Last Modified
2025-12-24
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2026-06-16
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2025-12-24
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-15
NVD
CVE-2023-54111
EUVD
EUVD-2023-60334
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rockchip pinctrl *
linux linux_kernel *
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CWE-UNKNOWN
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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a reference count leak in the rockchip pinctrl driver of the Linux kernel. Specifically, the function of_find_node_by_phandle() returns a node pointer with its reference count incremented, but the code was missing a call to of_node_put() to decrement the reference count when the node is no longer needed. This missing call causes a refcount leak.

Impact Analysis

The impact of this vulnerability is a resource leak in the kernel's pinctrl driver, which could lead to increased memory usage or resource exhaustion over time. However, there is no indication that this leads to privilege escalation or direct security compromise.

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