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nvd416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67NVD:CVE-2021-47173
HistoryMar 25, 2024 - 10:15 a.m.

CVE-2021-47173

2024-03-2510:15:09
CWE-401
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
web.nvd.nist.gov
linux kernel
memory leak
uss720_probe
vulnerability

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

6.1 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

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

Affected configurations

NVD
Node
linuxlinux_kernelRange2.6.144.4.271
OR
linuxlinux_kernelRange4.54.9.271
OR
linuxlinux_kernelRange4.104.14.235
OR
linuxlinux_kernelRange4.154.19.193
OR
linuxlinux_kernelRange4.205.4.124
OR
linuxlinux_kernelRange5.55.10.42
OR
linuxlinux_kernelRange5.115.12.9

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

6.1 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%