CVE-2021-47173
Published: Mar 25, 2024
Modified: May 11, 2026
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
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 0f36163d3abefbda1b21a330b3fdf3c2dc076d94 - < 5f46b2410db2c8f26b8bb91b40deebf4ec184391affected 0f36163d3abefbda1b21a330b3fdf3c2dc076d94 - < 7889c70e6173ef358f3cd7578db127a489035a42affected 0f36163d3abefbda1b21a330b3fdf3c2dc076d94 - < bcb30cc8f8befcbdbcf7a016e4dfd4747c54a364affected 0f36163d3abefbda1b21a330b3fdf3c2dc076d94 - < 386918878ce4cd676e4607233866e03c9399a46aaffected 0f36163d3abefbda1b21a330b3fdf3c2dc076d94 - < 36b5ff1db1a4ef4fdbc2bae364344279f033ad88+3 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 2.6.14unaffected 0 - < 2.6.14unaffected 4.4.271 - <= 4.4.*unaffected 4.9.271 - <= 4.9.*unaffected 4.14.235 - <= 4.14.*+5 more versions |
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