usb: usbip: fix a refcount leak in stub_probe()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: usbip: fix a refcount leak in stub_probe() usb_get_dev() is called in stub_device_alloc(). When stub_probe() fails after that, usb_put_dev() needs to be called to release the reference. Fix this by moving usb_put_dev() to sdev_free error path handling. Find this by code review.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 4.14.283, 4.19.247, 4.9.318, 5.10.122, 5.15.47, 5.17.15, 5.18.4, 5.4.198
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-49389
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 7 Nov 2026, 18:26 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
usb: usbip: fix a refcount leak in stub_probe()
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 26 Feb 2025, 02:11 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: usbip: fix a refcount leak in stub_probe() usb_get_dev() is called in stub_device_alloc(). When stub_probe() fails after that, usb_put_dev() needs to be called to release the reference. Fix this by moving usb_put_dev() to sdev_free error path handling. Find this by code review.
osv:CVE-2022-49389
Kernel
Fixed versions: 4.9.318, 4.14.283, 4.19.247, 5.4.198, 5.10.122, 5.15.47, 5.17.15, 5.18.4
Complete source record
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