CVE-2022-48859: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: marvell: prestera: Add missing of_node_put() in prestera_switch_set_base_mac_addr This node pointer is returned by of_find_compatible_node() with refcount incremented. Calling of_node_put() to aovid the refcount leak.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.10, before 5.15.29 (fixed in 5.15.29); from 5.16, before 5.16.15 (fixed in 5.16.15)

Published 2024-07-16. Last modified 2026-06-17.