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CVE-2021-47287

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

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · May 21, 2024

Updated · November 2, 2026

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()

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-402 · Transmission of Private Resources into a New Sphere