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CVE-2026-64332

Low risk· EPSS 8%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.18%

8th percentile - higher than 8% of all known CVEs

Summary

A memory leak was found in the Linux kernel's USB ULPI driver on registration failure. The allocated device name is never freed, causing a memory leak.

Risk Assessment

The memory leak can gradually exhaust available system memory, leading to performance degradation or system crashes.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that initializes the device structure earlier and releases the initial reference on registration failure.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

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