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net: usb: pegasus: fix memory leak in update_eth_regs_async()
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: usb: pegasus: fix memory leak in update_eth_regs_async() When asynchronously writing to the device registers and if usb_submit_urb() fail, the code fail to release allocated to this point resources.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.10.248, 5.15.198, 6.1.161, 6.12.66, 6.18.6, 6.6.121
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-23021
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 6 Nov 2026, 01:31 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
net: usb: pegasus: fix memory leak in update_eth_regs_async()
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 31 Jan 2026, 11:39 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: usb: pegasus: fix memory leak in update_eth_regs_async() When asynchronously writing to the device registers and if usb_submit_urb() fail, the code fail to release allocated to this point resources.
osv:CVE-2026-23021
Kernel
Fixed versions: 5.10.248, 5.15.198, 6.1.161, 6.6.121, 6.12.66, 6.18.6
Complete source record
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