CVE-2021-47287 driver core: auxiliary bus: Fix memory leak when driver_register() fail

2024-05-2114:34:50

Linux

github.com

linux kernel

security update

memory leak fix

driver core

6.9 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.1%

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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()

CNA Affected

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    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "drivers/base/auxiliary.c"
    ],
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        "version": "5.13.6",
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