Medium · published July 25, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
USB: ulpi: fix memory leak on registration failure
The allocated device name is never freed on early ULPI device
registration failures.
Fix this by initialising the device structure earlier and releasing the
initial reference whenever registration fails.
| Product | Versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 4.2, < 5.10.261 | 5.10.261 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.212 | 5.15.212 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.178 | 6.1.178 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.145 | 6.6.145 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.96 | 6.12.96 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.13, < 6.18.39 | 6.18.39 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.19, < 7.1.4 | 7.1.4 |
| linux/linux_kernel | all versions | — |
| linux/linux_kernel | all versions | — |