CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-71272

Medium
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability has been identified in the Linux kernel related to improper resource release in the most_register_interface() function. In cases of early failure before device registration, resources were not correctly released.

Risk Assessment

Improper resource management may lead to memory leaks, which can affect system stability and application performance in the long run.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to the latest version to eliminate this vulnerability and ensure proper resource management.

Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: most: core: fix resource leak in most_register_interface error paths The function most_register_interface() did not correctly release resources if it failed early (before registering the device). In these cases, it returned an err

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