vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2021-47287: kernel: driver core: auxiliary bus: Fix memory leak when driver_register() fail (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | May 21, 2024 | Sep 25, 2024 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
May 21, 2024
Added
Sep 25, 2024
Modified
Mar 27, 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()
Solutions
redhat-upgrade-kernelredhat-upgrade-kernel-rt
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