Riskcovery

CVE-2021-47287

driver core: auxiliary bus: Fix memory leak when driver_register() fail

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
May 21, 2024
Updated
May 11, 2026
Reserved
May 21, 2024

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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()

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 7de3697e9cbd4bd3d62bafa249d57990e1b8f294 to before ce5b3de58fc21303722df46551f7eb9a91afb409Affected
  • 7de3697e9cbd4bd3d62bafa249d57990e1b8f294 to before 4afa0c22eed33cfe0c590742387f0d16f32412f3Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 5.11Affected
  • before 5.11Not affected
  • 5.13.6 through 5.13.*Not affected
  • 5.14 and laterNot affected

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