{"cve":"CVE-2026-45868","nvd":{"published":"2026-05-27T14:17:00.167","modified":"2026-06-25T21:06:34.607","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\npinctrl: single: fix refcount leak in pcs_add_gpio_func()\n\nof_parse_phandle_with_args() returns a device_node pointer with refcount\nincremented in gpiospec.np. The loop iterates through all phandles but\nnever releases the reference, causing a refcount leak on each iteration.\n\nAdd of_node_put() calls to release the reference after extracting the\nneeded arguments and on the error path when devm_kzalloc() fails.\n\nThis bug was detected by our static analysis tool and verified by my\ncode review.","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":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/191bfd5710d6a7f48ba4315d8d3e908dcc15243c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/353353309b0f7afa407df29e455f9d15b5acc296","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e3b28bb0b6ddc521a4fdd1c1ba0d35017a0796b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/456a60d06c09a92680dc35fabca68024badcc28e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b9e84d27e310f22c4ba45fedbc4f5baf43dd823"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:36:28.938604137+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-45868","score":0.0016,"percentile":0.05213,"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."]}