What is CVE-2026-23081?

CVE-2026-23081 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-02-04.

How severe is CVE-2026-23081?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2026-23081

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.

EPSS: 0.001 (1.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 1758af47b98c17da464cb45f476875150955dd48, 6.13, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.19

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-23081?: CVE-2026-23081 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-02-04.
How severe is CVE-2026-23081?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.