CVE-2021-47173

misc/uss720: fix memory leak in uss720_probe

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:

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

Remediation

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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