CVE-2021-47287

2024-05-2115:15:16

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

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linux

kernel

vulnerability

resolved

driver core

memory leak

driver_register

nvd

6.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.1%

JSON

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

Vulners

Node

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.11–5.13.6

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.14.0≥

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "drivers/base/auxiliary.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "7de3697e9cbd",
        "lessThan": "ce5b3de58fc2",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "7de3697e9cbd",
        "lessThan": "4afa0c22eed3",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "drivers/base/auxiliary.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "5.11",
        "status": "affected"
      },
      {
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "5.11",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.13.6",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.13.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.14",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
      }
    ]
  }
]