CVE-2025-71272

MEDIUM

most: core: fix resource leak in most_register_interface error paths

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 2.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (15)
Linux/Linux < 5.6
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 1f4c9d8a1021281750c6cda126d6f8a40cc24e71
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 2f483f3817fb0e4209ac5de928778b1da0cc8574
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - a49028a796d7b94f8e3ab9bd34b18f36be235459
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - af0b99b2214a10554adb5b868240d23af6e64e71
Linux/Linux 5.6
Linux/Linux 6.12.75 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.18.16 - 6.18.*
Linux/Linux 6.19.6 - 6.19.*
Linux/Linux 7.0
... and 5 more
Published May 06, 2026
Tracked Since May 06, 2026