CVE-2026-23081: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: phy: intel-xway: fix OF node refcount leakage Automated review spotted am OF node reference count leakage when checking if the 'leds' child node exists. Call of_put_node() to correctly maintain the refcount.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 6.13, before 6.18.8 (fixed in 6.18.8); version 6.19 only

Published 2026-02-04. Last modified 2026-06-17.