Linux Kernel up to 5.13.2 include/linux/slab.h usb_submit_urb memory leak

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 5.13.2. Affected by this issue is the function usb_submit_urb in the library include/linux/slab.h. This manipulation causes memory leak. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2021-47344. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.13.2. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function usb_submit_urb in the library include/linux/slab.h. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: zr364xx: fix memory leak in zr364xx_start_readpipe syzbot reported memory leak in zr364xx driver. The problem was in non-freed urb in case of usb_submit_urb() fail. backtrace: [] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:561 [inline] [] usb_alloc_urb+0x66/0xe0 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:74 [] zr364xx_start_readpipe+0x78/0x130 drivers/media/usb/zr364xx/zr364xx.c:1022 [] zr364xx_board_init drivers/media/usb/zr364xx/zr364xx.c:1383 [inline] [] zr364xx_probe+0x6a3/0x851 drivers/media/usb/zr364xx/zr364xx.c:1516 [] usb_probe_interface+0x177/0x370 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396 [] really_probe+0x159/0x500 drivers/base/dd.c:576

It is possible to read the advisory at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2021-47344 since 05/21/2024. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 214178 (EulerOS 2.0 SP9 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2025-1057)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 4.4.276, 4.9.276, 4.14.240, 4.19.198, 5.4.133, 5.10.51, 5.12.18 or 5.13.3 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch c57b2bd32479/bbc80a972a3c/b0633051a6cb/021c294dff03/0edd67591672/c57bfd8000d7/5f3f81f1c96b/d69b39d89f36/0a045eac8d04 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (214178). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 4.4.275
• 4.9.275
• 4.14.239
• 4.19.197
• 5.4.132
• 5.10.0
• 5.10.1
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• 5.10.50
• 5.12.0
• 5.12.1
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• 5.12.15
• 5.12.16
• 5.12.17
• 5.13.0
• 5.13.1
• 5.13.2

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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