CVE-2025-71272
Published: May 6, 2026
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: most: core: fix resource leak in most_register_interface error paths The function most_register_interface() did not correctly release resources if it failed early (before registering the device). In these cases, it returned an error code immediately, leaking the memory allocated for the interface. Fix this by initializing the device early via device_initialize() and calling put_device() on all error paths. The most_register_interface() is expected to call put_device() on error which frees the resources allocated in the caller. The put_device() either calls release_mdev() or dim2_release(), depending on the caller. Switch to using device_add() instead of device_register() to handle the split initialization.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 723de0f9171eeb49a3ae98cae82ebbbb992b3a7c - < a49028a796d7b94f8e3ab9bd34b18f36be235459affected 723de0f9171eeb49a3ae98cae82ebbbb992b3a7c - < af0b99b2214a10554adb5b868240d23af6e64e71affected 723de0f9171eeb49a3ae98cae82ebbbb992b3a7c - < 2f483f3817fb0e4209ac5de928778b1da0cc8574affected 723de0f9171eeb49a3ae98cae82ebbbb992b3a7c - < 1f4c9d8a1021281750c6cda126d6f8a40cc24e71 |
Linux | Linux | affected 5.6unaffected 0 - < 5.6unaffected 6.12.75 - <= 6.12.*unaffected 6.18.16 - <= 6.18.*unaffected 6.19.6 - <= 6.19.*+1 more versions |
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