CVE-2021-47171

net: usb: fix memory leak in smsc75xx_bind

Published Mar 25, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: usb: fix memory leak in smsc75xx_bind

Syzbot reported memory leak in smsc75xx_bind().
The problem was is non-freed memory in case of
errors after memory allocation.

backtrace:
[<ffffffff84245b62>] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:556 [inline]
[<ffffffff84245b62>] kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:686 [inline]
[<ffffffff84245b62>] smsc75xx_bind+0x7a/0x334 drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c:1460
[<ffffffff82b5b2e6>] usbnet_probe+0x3b6/0xc30 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:1728

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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History
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Published
Updated
May 11, 2026, 1:49 PM
Reserved
Mar 25, 2024, 9:12 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 25, 2024, 10:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:16 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Mar 25, 2024, 12:00 AM