CVE-2026-23021
Not scored
net: usb: pegasus: fix memory leak in update_eth_regs_async()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: usb: pegasus: fix memory leak in update_eth_regs_async() When asynchronously writing to the device registers and if usb_submit_urb() fail, the code fail to release allocated to this point resources.
Exploit probability
0.1%
Published
January 31, 2026
Required by
Not available
Last source change
July 15, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2026-23021
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: usb: pegasus: fix memory leak in update_eth_regs_async() When asynchronously writing to the device registers and if usb_submit_urb() fail, the code fail to release allocated to this point resources.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/471dfb97599eec74e0476046b3ef8e7037f27b34
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5397ea6d21c35a17707e201a60761bdee00bcc4e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93f18eaa190374e0f2d253e3b1a65cee19a7abe6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a40af9a2904a1ab8ce61866ebe2a894ef30754ba
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac5d92d2826dec51e5d4c6854865bc5817277452
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afa27621a28af317523e0836dad430bec551eb54
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce6eef731aba23a988decea1df3b08cf978f7b01
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/23xxx/CVE-2026-23021.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23021