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416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67CVE-2021-47472

HistoryMay 22, 2024 - 7:15 a.m.

CVE-2021-47472

2024-05-2207:15:11

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

web.nvd.nist.gov

linux kernel

memory leak

mdiobus_register

vulnerability

resolved

net

device_register

put_device

cleanup

cve-2021-47472

linux

kernel

security

document

information

mdiobus

fix

failure

6.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

17.1%

JSON

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: mdiobus: Fix memory leak in __mdiobus_register

Once device_register() failed, we should call put_device() to
decrement reference count for cleanup. Or it will cause memory
leak.

BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888114032e00 (size 256):
comm “kworker/1:3”, pid 2960, jiffies 4294943572 (age 15.920s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 2e 03 14 81 88 ff ff …
08 2e 03 14 81 88 ff ff 90 76 65 82 ff ff ff ff …ve…
backtrace:
[<ffffffff8265cfab>] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:591 [inline]
[<ffffffff8265cfab>] kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:721 [inline]
[<ffffffff8265cfab>] device_private_init drivers/base/core.c:3203 [inline]
[<ffffffff8265cfab>] device_add+0x89b/0xdf0 drivers/base/core.c:3253
[<ffffffff828dd643>] __mdiobus_register+0xc3/0x450 drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c:537
[<ffffffff828cb835>] __devm_mdiobus_register+0x75/0xf0 drivers/net/phy/mdio_devres.c:87
[<ffffffff82b92a00>] ax88772_init_mdio drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c:676 [inline]
[<ffffffff82b92a00>] ax88772_bind+0x330/0x480 drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c:786
[<ffffffff82baa33f>] usbnet_probe+0x3ff/0xdf0 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:1745
[<ffffffff82c36e17>] usb_probe_interface+0x177/0x370 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396
[<ffffffff82661d17>] call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:517 [inline]
[<ffffffff82661d17>] really_probe.part.0+0xe7/0x380 drivers/base/dd.c:596
[<ffffffff826620bc>] really_probe drivers/base/dd.c:558 [inline]
[<ffffffff826620bc>] __driver_probe_device+0x10c/0x1e0 drivers/base/dd.c:751
[<ffffffff826621ba>] driver_probe_device+0x2a/0x120 drivers/base/dd.c:781
[<ffffffff82662a26>] __device_attach_driver+0xf6/0x140 drivers/base/dd.c:898
[<ffffffff8265eca7>] bus_for_each_drv+0xb7/0x100 drivers/base/bus.c:427
[<ffffffff826625a2>] __device_attach+0x122/0x260 drivers/base/dd.c:969
[<ffffffff82660916>] bus_probe_device+0xc6/0xe0 drivers/base/bus.c:487
[<ffffffff8265cd0b>] device_add+0x5fb/0xdf0 drivers/base/core.c:3359
[<ffffffff82c343b9>] usb_set_configuration+0x9d9/0xb90 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2170
[<ffffffff82c4473c>] usb_generic_driver_probe+0x8c/0xc0 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:238

BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888116f06900 (size 32):
comm “kworker/0:2”, pid 2670, jiffies 4294944448 (age 7.160s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
75 73 62 2d 30 30 31 3a 30 30 33 00 00 00 00 00 usb-001:003…
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 …
backtrace:
[<ffffffff81484516>] kstrdup+0x36/0x70 mm/util.c:60
[<ffffffff814845a3>] kstrdup_const+0x53/0x80 mm/util.c:83
[<ffffffff82296ba2>] kvasprintf_const+0xc2/0x110 lib/kasprintf.c:48
[<ffffffff82358d4b>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x3b/0xe0 lib/kobject.c:289
[<ffffffff826575f3>] dev_set_name+0x63/0x90 drivers/base/core.c:3147
[<ffffffff828dd63b>] __mdiobus_register+0xbb/0x450 drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c:535
[<ffffffff828cb835>] __devm_mdiobus_register+0x75/0xf0 drivers/net/phy/mdio_devres.c:87
[<ffffffff82b92a00>] ax88772_init_mdio drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c:676 [inline]
[<ffffffff82b92a00>] ax88772_bind+0x330/0x480 drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c:786
[<ffffffff82baa33f>] usbnet_probe+0x3ff/0xdf0 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:1745
[<ffffffff82c36e17>] usb_probe_interface+0x177/0x370 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396
[<ffffffff82661d17>] call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:517 [inline]
[<ffffffff82661d17>] really_probe.part.0+0xe7/0x380 drivers/base/dd.c:596
[<ffffffff826620bc>] really_probe drivers/base/dd.c:558 [inline]
[<ffffffff826620bc>] __driver_probe_device+0x10c/0x1e0 drivers/base/dd.c:751
[<ffffffff826621ba>] driver_probe_device+0x2a/0x120 drivers/base/dd.c:781
[<ffffffff82662a26>] __device_attach_driver+0xf6/0x140 drivers/base/dd.c:898
[<ffffffff8265eca7>] bus_for_each
—truncated—

Affected configurations

Vulners

Node

linuxlinux_kernelRange4.4.0–4.4.290

linuxlinux_kernelRange4.5.0–4.4.291

linuxlinux_kernelRange4.5.0–4.9.288

linuxlinux_kernelRange4.10.0–4.9.289

linuxlinux_kernelRange4.10.0–4.14.253

linuxlinux_kernelRange4.15.0–4.14.254

linuxlinux_kernelRange4.15.0–4.19.214

linuxlinux_kernelRange4.20.0–4.19.215

linuxlinux_kernelRange4.20.0–5.4.156

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.5.0–5.4.157

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.5.0–5.10.76

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.11.0–5.10.77

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.11.0–5.14.15

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.15.0–5.14.16

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.15.0≥

CNA Affected

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    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "1da177e4c3f4",
        "lessThan": "fd2400dd4f1b",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "1da177e4c3f4",
        "lessThan": "b89f4537d7fd",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
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        "lessThan": "bc5f2f3431ce",
        "status": "affected",
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      },
      {
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        "status": "affected",
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      },
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        "status": "affected",
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      },
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        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
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        "version": "1da177e4c3f4",
        "lessThan": "6a18d155d5b3",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
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        "version": "1da177e4c3f4",
        "lessThan": "3a0dc2e35a5d",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
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        "version": "1da177e4c3f4",
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        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
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        "version": "1da177e4c3f4",
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        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "1da177e4c3f4",
        "lessThan": "8ba94a7f7b9f",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "1da177e4c3f4",
        "lessThan": "ab609f25d198",
        "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/net/phy/mdio_bus.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "4.4.290",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "4.4.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "4.4.291",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "4.4.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
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        "lessThanOrEqual": "4.9.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "4.9.289",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "4.9.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "4.14.253",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "4.14.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "4.14.254",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "4.14.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "4.19.214",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "4.19.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "4.19.215",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "4.19.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.4.156",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.4.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
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        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.4.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.10.76",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.10.77",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.14.15",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.14.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.14.16",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.14.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.15",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
      }
    ]
  }
]