PT-2026-5524

CVE-2026-23021

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Published

2026-01-01

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Updated

2026-10-18

Description by

CVSS 3.1
5.5
Medium
MetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description A memory leak exists in the update eth regs async() function when asynchronously writing to device registers. If usb submit urb() fails, resources allocated up to that point are not released, leading to a memory leak.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploitability
Exploit
Impacts
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
CWE-772: Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
Related identifiers
CVE-2026-23021
BDU:2026-04096
CLSA-2026-1778266904
ECHO-A4D7-CE0F-6800
OESA-2026-1566
OESA-2026-1567
OESA-2026-1570
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20416-1
SUSE-SU-2026:0962-1
SUSE-SU-2026:1081-1
SUSE-SU-2026:20667-1
SUSE-SU-2026:20720-1
SUSE-SU-2026:20838-1
SUSE-SU-2026:20845-1
SUSE-SU-2026:20873-1
SUSE-SU-2026:20876-1
SUSE-SU-2026:20931-1
SUSE-SU-2026:21284-1
USN-8096-1
USN-8096-2
USN-8096-3
USN-8096-4
USN-8096-5
USN-8116-1
USN-8141-1
USN-8163-1
USN-8163-2
USN-8243-1
USN-8278-1
USN-8278-2
USN-8289-1
USN-8289-2
USN-8296-1
USN-8296-2
USN-8393-1
USN-8440-1
USN-8499-1
USN-8570-1
USN-8570-2
USN-8594-1
USN-8604-1
USN-8605-1
USN-8669-1
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