CVE-2026-45925 | thermal/of: Fix reference leak in thermal_of_cm_lookup()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thermal/of: Fix reference leak in thermal_of_cm_lookup() In thermal_of_cm_lookup(), tr_np is obtained via of_parse_phandle(), but never released. Use the __free(device_node) cleanup attribute to automatically release the node and fix the leak. [ rjw: Changelog edits ]

Published: 2026-05-27 Last update: 2026-05-27 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-45925 is rated Low Risk (4.9/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-45925

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-28 0.02%

Full EPSS history (1 record total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-45925

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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-45925

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-45925

GHSA-qjmr-5q33-8r6q · Severity: unknown — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thermal/of: Fix reference...

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-45925

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2026-45925 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-45925
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-45925
suse https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-45925/
ubuntu medium CVE-2026-45925 medium priority: Ubuntu including 158 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1422 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, resolute, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1024, ignored 169, not-affected 122, released 84, needed 22, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-45925

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-45925

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References for CVE-2026-45925

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