5.5

CVE-2026-23081: net: phy: intel-xway: fix OF node refcount leakage

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23081DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23081
Published 04-02-2026Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-23081 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.13%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 6
USN-8570-1USN-8570-2USN-8594-1USN-8604-1USN-8605-1USN-8669-1

Timeline

  1. 04-02-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.13%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

3%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.13% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu107 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 1758af47b98c17da464cb45f476875150955dd48, < 1f24dfd556401b75f78e8d9cbd94dd9f31411c3a | ≥ 1758af47b98c17da464cb45f476875150955dd48, < 79912b256e14054e6ba177d7e7e631485ce23dbe | 6.13
  • linux_kernel≥ 6.13, < 6.18.8 | 6.19:rc1 | 6.19:rc2 | 6.19:rc3 | 6.19:rc4 | 6.19:rc5 | 6.19:rc6
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.18.8-1

3 vendors · 110 products

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