Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: ulpi: fix memory leak on registration failure The allocated device name is never freed on early ULPI device registration failures. Fix this by initialising the device structure earlier and releasing the initial reference whenever registration fails.
Affected products
linux: linux kernel
References8
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1967a7f0cd5c08eb479196daa5aaa4b7b7a7bd04 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c098f20f15db7f9126129686d1c6da2ce8bbeb0 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/624c57147df1977e0d3da53f1da7117861b9cf19 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/691e61e5d4cfc5a1b061e937f8cbf2126bfc19a0 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/88187a43135c79d0e43573b4d8f880bbb919eceb Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8af6812795869a66e9b26044f455b13deecdb69c Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5b32f36c50894ac2df8fa184e6f35f3a6665ecd Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5493c9a98ffe083acf13ac064828ae598ba3c16 Patch
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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5.5
MEDIUM
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 2 · as of 14 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-401
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