CVE-2021-47180

NFC: nci: fix memory leak in nci_allocate_device

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:

NFC: nci: fix memory leak in nci_allocate_device

nfcmrvl_disconnect fails to free the hci_dev field in struct nci_dev.
Fix this by freeing hci_dev in nci_free_device.

BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888111ea6800 (size 1024):
comm "kworker/1:0", pid 19, jiffies 4294942308 (age 13.580s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 60 fd 0c 81 88 ff ff .........`......
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
backtrace:
[<000000004bc25d43>] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:552 [inline]
[<000000004bc25d43>] kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:682 [inline]
[<000000004bc25d43>] nci_hci_allocate+0x21/0xd0 net/nfc/nci/hci.c:784
[<00000000c59cff92>] nci_allocate_device net/nfc/nci/core.c:1170 [inline]
[<00000000c59cff92>] nci_allocate_device+0x10b/0x160 net/nfc/nci/core.c:1132
[<00000000006e0a8e>] nfcmrvl_nci_register_dev+0x10a/0x1c0 drivers/nfc/nfcmrvl/main.c:153
[<000000004da1b57e>] nfcmrvl_probe+0x223/0x290 drivers/nfc/nfcmrvl/usb.c:345
[<00000000d506aed9>] usb_probe_interface+0x177/0x370 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396
[<00000000bc632c92>] really_probe+0x159/0x4a0 drivers/base/dd.c:554
[<00000000f5009125>] driver_probe_device+0x84/0x100 drivers/base/dd.c:740
[<000000000ce658ca>] __device_attach_driver+0xee/0x110 drivers/base/dd.c:846
[<000000007067d05f>] bus_for_each_drv+0xb7/0x100 drivers/base/bus.c:431
[<00000000f8e13372>] __device_attach+0x122/0x250 drivers/base/dd.c:914
[<000000009cf68860>] bus_probe_device+0xc6/0xe0 drivers/base/bus.c:491
[<00000000359c965a>] device_add+0x5be/0xc30 drivers/base/core.c:3109
[<00000000086e4bd3>] usb_set_configuration+0x9d9/0xb90 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2164
[<00000000ca036872>] usb_generic_driver_probe+0x8c/0xc0 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:238
[<00000000d40d36f6>] usb_probe_device+0x5c/0x140 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:293
[<00000000bc632c92>] really_probe+0x159/0x4a0 drivers/base/dd.c:554

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-400 CWE-401
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

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