net: thunderx: fix PTP device ref leak in nicvf_probe()

Exact source revision recorded 23 Oct 2026 16:01:20 UTC. It does not establish the source's current position. Latest evidence.

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cve-program · CVE-2026-98913

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: thunderx: fix PTP device ref leak in nicvf_probe() cavium_ptp_get() acquires a reference to the PTP PCI device through pci_get_device(). If any initialization step fails after cavium_ptp_get(), the PTP PCI device reference is leaked. Add a common error path to release the PTP reference before returning from probe failures.

Source published: 23 Oct 2026 11:55:08 UTC
Source modified: 23 Oct 2026 11:55:08 UTC
Observed here: 23 Oct 2026 16:01:20 UTC
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