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mlxsw: fix refcount leak in mlxsw_sp_port_lag_join()

Type: advisorySource: OSV1 source record

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mlxsw: fix refcount leak in mlxsw_sp_port_lag_join() When mlxsw_sp_port_lag_index_get() fails, mlxsw_sp_port_lag_join() returns an error without releasing the lag reference obtained by the earlier mlxsw_sp_lag_get(). All other error paths in the function jump to the cleanup label that ends with mlxsw_sp_lag_put(), so this is a single missed release. Fix the leak by replacing the bare 'return err' with a goto to the existing error cleanup label, which will drop the reference safely.

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CVE-2026-72308

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Security context

Source reference: osv:CVE-2026-72308

Kernel

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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
5.10.266

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5.15.217

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6.1.184

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6.6.145

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6.12.97

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6.18.40

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7.1.5

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Prerequisites
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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

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