Riskcovery

CVE-2026-43375

net: mctp: fix device leak on probe failure

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
May 8, 2026
Updated
May 11, 2026
Reserved
May 1, 2026

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Description

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

net: mctp: fix device leak on probe failure

Driver core holds a reference to the USB interface and its parent USB device while the interface is bound to a driver and there is no need to take additional references unless the structures are needed after disconnect.

This driver takes a reference to the USB device during probe but does not to release it on probe failures.

Drop the redundant device reference to fix the leak, reduce cargo culting, make it easier to spot drivers where an extra reference is needed, and reduce the risk of further memory leaks.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 0791c0327a6e4e7691d6fc5ad334c215de04dcc9 to before 3224990fb16a831aabc50b67c74f5d0074ce80ddAffected
  • 0791c0327a6e4e7691d6fc5ad334c215de04dcc9 to before ec9538f9b5cd1db5e8c612aa636b6119b6355c5dAffected
  • 0791c0327a6e4e7691d6fc5ad334c215de04dcc9 to before 224a0d284c3caf1951302d1744a714784febed71Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.15Affected
  • before 6.15Not affected
  • 6.18.19 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 6.19.9 through 6.19.*Not affected
  • 7.0 and laterNot affected

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