linux — security advisory

{
  "id": "1a4e249f7c3ce26f16d7b02e94aed7a241fdd8eb9d06e691231af05802b5ce63",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47173",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47173",
    "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc/uss720: fix memory leak in uss720_probe uss720_probe forgets to decrease the refcount of usbdev in uss720_probe. Fix this by decreasing the refcount of usbdev by usb_put_dev. BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xffff888101113800 (size 2048): comm \"kworker/0:1\", pid 7, jiffies 4294956777 (age 28.870s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): ff ff ff ff 31 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ....1........... 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:554 [inline] [] kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:684 [inline] [] usb_alloc_dev+0x32/0x450 drivers/usb/core/usb.c:582 [] hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5129 [inline] [] hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5363 [inline] [] port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5509 [inline] [] hub_event+0x1171/0x20c0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5591 [] process_one_work+0x2c9/0x600 kernel/workqueue.c:2275 [] worker_thread+0x59/0x5d0 kernel/workqueue.c:2421 [] kthread+0x178/0x1b0 kernel/kthread.c:292 [] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:294",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47173",
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    "severity": "medium",
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          "package": {
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            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
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          "package": {
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            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
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          "ecosystem_specific": {
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          "package": {
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          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T18:04:18.749849875Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2021-47173"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-47173"
      ]
    },
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        "evidence": "/upstream"
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 423313,
  "published_at": "2024-03-25T10:15:09.01+00:00"
}