usb: ulpi: fix memory leak on ulpi_register() error paths
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: ulpi: fix memory leak on ulpi_register() error paths Commit 01af542392b5 ("usb: ulpi: fix double free in ulpi_register_interface() error path") removed kfree(ulpi) from ulpi_register_interface() to fix a double-free when device_register() fails. But when ulpi_of_register() or ulpi_read_id() fail before device_register() is called, the ulpi allocation is leaked. Add kfree(ulpi) on both error paths to properly clean up the allocation.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
950 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: ulpi: fix memory leak on ulpi_register() error paths Commit 01af542392b5 ("usb: ulpi: fix double free in ulpi_register_interface() error path") removed kfree(ulpi) from ulpi_register_interface() to fix a double-free when device_register() fails. But when ulpi_of_register() or ulpi_read_id() fail before device_register() is called, the ulpi allocation is leaked. Add kfree(ulpi) on both error paths to properly clean up the allocation.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b9fcab1b8608d429e5f239afb197de928d4de7d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c2c0c6820fe96fa4be0a0499f8d3f3321b9af6c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a71e01b2cf9b4329ff67102c1bea7448c2a2d2d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bd61ed0bf9f4f1f2673d489b3bda1555b48d054
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0c0d44adb55c66663886cb6e30ee92cbb0f5385
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be2c1d825f54277472c87019e82013ac534ddc4c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1b855c00988a9cb41134cab7cf9faedba775dd9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f30ccfc2985590b33a23a3d8bed7ca16c0af551b
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/46xxx/CVE-2026-46109.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46109