CVE-2021-47231
kernel: can: mcba_usb: fix memory leak in mcba_usb
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · May 21, 2024
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
can: mcba_usb: fix memory leak in mcba_usb
Syzbot reported memory leak in SocketCAN driver for Microchip CAN BUS Analyzer Tool. The problem was in unfreed usb_coherent.
In mcba_usb_start() 20 coherent buffers are allocated and there is nothing, that frees them:
- In callback function the urb is resubmitted and that's all
- In disconnect function urbs are simply killed, but URB_FREE_BUFFER is not set (see mcba_usb_start) and this flag cannot be used with coherent buffers.
Fail log: | [ 1354.053291][ T8413] mcba_usb 1-1:0.0 can0: device disconnected | [ 1367.059384][ T8420] kmemleak: 20 new suspected memory leaks (see /sys/kernel/debug/kmem)
So, all allocated buffers should be freed with usb_free_coherent() explicitly
NOTE: The same pattern for allocating and freeing coherent buffers is used in drivers/net/can/usb/kvaser_usb/kvaser_usb_core.c
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
CWE-402 · Transmission of Private Resources into a New Sphere ('Resource Leak')