CVE-2021-47173

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Use-After-Free in uss720_probe

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0023
EPSS Percentile 13.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (19)
Linux/Linux < 2.6.14
Linux/Linux 0f36163d3abefbda1b21a330b3fdf3c2dc076d94 - 36b5ff1db1a4ef4fdbc2bae364344279f033ad88
Linux/Linux 0f36163d3abefbda1b21a330b3fdf3c2dc076d94 - 386918878ce4cd676e4607233866e03c9399a46a
Linux/Linux 0f36163d3abefbda1b21a330b3fdf3c2dc076d94 - 5394ae9d8c7961dd93807fdf1b12a1dde96b0a55
Linux/Linux 0f36163d3abefbda1b21a330b3fdf3c2dc076d94 - 5f46b2410db2c8f26b8bb91b40deebf4ec184391
Linux/Linux 0f36163d3abefbda1b21a330b3fdf3c2dc076d94 - 7889c70e6173ef358f3cd7578db127a489035a42
Linux/Linux 0f36163d3abefbda1b21a330b3fdf3c2dc076d94 - a3c3face38cb49932c62adcc1289914f1c742096
Linux/Linux 0f36163d3abefbda1b21a330b3fdf3c2dc076d94 - bcb30cc8f8befcbdbcf7a016e4dfd4747c54a364
Linux/Linux 0f36163d3abefbda1b21a330b3fdf3c2dc076d94 - dcb4b8ad6a448532d8b681b5d1a7036210b622de
Linux/Linux 2.6.14
... and 9 more
Published Mar 25, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026