CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-47287
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2024-05-21
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-401
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
driver core: auxiliary bus: Fix memory leak when driver_register() fail
If driver_register() returns with error we need to free the memory
allocated for auxdrv->driver.name before returning from
__auxiliary_driver_register()
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.13.6)
• linux linux kernel 5.14
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime weakness
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4afa0c22eed33cfe0c590742387f0d16f32412f3 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce5b3de58fc21303722df46551f7eb9a91afb409 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4afa0c22eed33cfe0c590742387f0d16f32412f3 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce5b3de58fc21303722df46551f7eb9a91afb409 Patch