CVE-2026-64338
kernel: USB: misc: uss720: unregister parport on probe failure
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · July 25, 2026
Updated · October 29, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's uss720 driver. When the uss720_probe() function attempts to initialize a USB parallel port (parport) device, it registers the parport but may fail to unregister it if a subsequent hardware register read operation fails. This improper resource management leaves a registered parport device with a pointer to memory that has already been released, potentially leading to system instability or a denial of service (DoS) condition.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-772 · Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime