misc/uss720: fix memory leak in uss720_probe (Linux Linux)

CVE-2021-47173
MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.23 % · percentile 13 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc/uss720: fix memory leak in uss720_probe uss720_probe forgets to decrease the refcount of usbdev in uss720_probe. Fix this by decreasing the refcount of usbdev by usb_put_dev. BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xffff888101113800 (size 2048): comm "kworker/0:1", pid 7, jiffies 4294956777 (age 28.870s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): ff ff ff ff 31 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ....1........... 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<ffffffff82b8e822>] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:554 [inline] [<ffffffff82b8e822>] kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:684 [inline] [<ffffffff82b8e822>] usb_alloc_dev+0x32/0x450 drivers/usb/core/usb.c:582 [<ffffffff82b98441>] hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5129 [inline] [<ffffffff82b98441>] hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5363 [inline] [<ffffffff82b98441>] port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5509 [inline] [<ffffffff82b98441>] hub_event+0x1171/0x20c0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5591 [<ffffffff81259229>] process_one_work+0x2c9/0x600 kernel/workqueue.c:2275 [<ffffffff81259b19>] worker_thread+0x59/0x5d0 kernel/workqueue.c:2421 [<ffffffff81261228>] kthread+0x178/0x1b0 kernel/kthread.c:292 [<ffffffff8100227f>] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:294

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 0f36163d3abefbda1b21a330b3fdf3c2dc076d94 < 5f46b2410db2c8f26b8bb91b40deebf4ec184391 ; affected 0f36163d3abefbda1b21a330b3fdf3c2dc076d94 < 7889c70e6173ef358f3cd7578db127a489035a42 ; affected 0f36163d3abefbda1b21a330b3fdf3c2dc076d94 < bcb30cc8f8befcbdbcf7a016e4dfd4747c54a364 ; affected 0f36163d3abefbda1b21a330b3fdf3c2dc076d94 < 386918878ce4cd676e4607233866e03c9399a46a ; affected 0f36163d3abefbda1b21a330b3fdf3c2dc076d94 < 36b5ff1db1a4ef4fdbc2bae364344279f033ad88 ; affected 0f36163d3abefbda1b21a330b3fdf3c2dc076d94 < 5394ae9d8c7961dd93807fdf1b12a1dde96b0a55
Linux · Linuxaffected 2.6.14 ; unaffected 0 < 2.6.14 ; unaffected 4.4.271 ≤ 4.4.* ; unaffected 4.9.271 ≤ 4.9.* ; unaffected 4.14.235 ≤ 4.14.* ; unaffected 4.19.193 ≤ 4.19.*

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD