CVE-2026-31759

usb: ulpi: fix double free in ulpi_register_interface() error path

published May 1, 2026

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
6.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

usb: ulpi: fix double free in ulpi_register_interface() error path

When device_register() fails, ulpi_register() calls put_device() on

ulpi->dev.

The device release callback ulpi_dev_release() drops the OF node

reference and frees ulpi, but the current error path in

ulpi_register_interface() then calls kfree(ulpi) again, causing a

double free.

Let put_device() handle the cleanup through ulpi_dev_release() and

avoid freeing ulpi again in ulpi_register_interface().

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00176 · 6.7th percentile
Published
2026-05-01T14:14Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 MAY 14:14Z
    usb: ulpi: fix double free in ulpi_register_interface() error path
    cvelistv5