A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.10.98/5.15.21/5.16.7 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function uniphier_spi_probe. The manipulation leads to improper update of reference count.

This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-48723. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. There is no exploit available.

It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.