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All other error paths in the\nfunction jump to the cleanup label that ends with\nmlxsw_sp_lag_put(), so this is a single missed release.\n\nFix the leak by replacing the bare 'return err' with a goto to the\nexisting error cleanup label, which will drop the reference safely."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.c"],"versions":[{"version":"0d65fc13042fce6a2d6de58ff0dc9531e8523c07","lessThan":"3fbeaa8ecd144ad593f9fa1ab4b40a780ad3700b","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"0d65fc13042fce6a2d6de58ff0dc9531e8523c07","lessThan":"99ff5b0083eae6f774360c4ea6874604e6c9b553","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"0d65fc13042fce6a2d6de58ff0dc9531e8523c07","lessThan":"9bf2d6eea26a226f8ebab7baea6f2b018f914560","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"0d65fc13042fce6a2d6de58ff0dc9531e8523c07","lessThan":"8b3350eacd9df0597bfe36a594df7b9def0b3edf","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"0d65fc13042fce6a2d6de58ff0dc9531e8523c07","lessThan":"1cf8a1af42b1f12a30b7abd34fe4fc23b3170e7e","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"0d65fc13042fce6a2d6de58ff0dc9531e8523c07","lessThan":"2d8b3c3e129973a51ae924bdcf6993a76b828814","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"0d65fc13042fce6a2d6de58ff0dc9531e8523c07","lessThan":"cab468c3c03f4bcd7530ce2783a4140da14efb7b","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"0d65fc13042fce6a2d6de58ff0dc9531e8523c07","lessThan":"41c8c1d65b32beacd8d916a22457b4f6e47f45af","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.c"],"versions":[{"version":"4.5","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"4.5","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.10.266","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.217","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.184","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.145","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.97","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.40","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.1.5","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.5","versionEndExcluding":"5.10.266"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.5","versionEndExcluding":"5.15.217"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.5","versionEndExcluding":"6.1.184"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.5","versionEndExcluding":"6.6.145"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.5","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.97"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.5","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.40"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.5","versionEndExcluding":"7.1.5"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.5","versionEndExcluding":"7.2"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fbeaa8ecd144ad593f9fa1ab4b40a780ad3700b"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99ff5b0083eae6f774360c4ea6874604e6c9b553"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9bf2d6eea26a226f8ebab7baea6f2b018f914560"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b3350eacd9df0597bfe36a594df7b9def0b3edf"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1cf8a1af42b1f12a30b7abd34fe4fc23b3170e7e"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d8b3c3e129973a51ae924bdcf6993a76b828814"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cab468c3c03f4bcd7530ce2783a4140da14efb7b"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41c8c1d65b32beacd8d916a22457b4f6e47f45af"}],"title":"mlxsw: fix refcount leak in mlxsw_sp_port_lag_join()","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}