{"cve":"CVE-2024-44971","nvd":{"published":"2024-09-04T19:15:31.367","modified":"2026-06-17T07:53:20.040","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-401"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7feef10768ea71d468d9bbc1e0d14c461876768c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7d2808d67570e6acae45c2a96e0d59986888e4c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7b8d9f5e679af60c94251fd6728dde34be69a71","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c05516c072903f6fb9134b8e7e1ad4bffcdc4819","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3862093ee93fcfbdadcb7957f5f8974fffa806a"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:54:16.205165117+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-44971","score":0.00212,"percentile":0.11529,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}