CVE-2026-31759

medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: ulpi: fix double free in ulpi_register_interface() error path When device_register() fails, ulpi_register() calls put_device() on ulpi->dev. The device release callback ulpi_dev_release() drops the OF node reference and frees ulpi, but the current error path in ulpi_register_interface() then calls kfree(ulpi) again, causing a double free. Let put_device() handle the cleanup through ulpi_dev_release() and avoid freeing ulpi again in ulpi_register_interface().

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee248e6e941e4f2e634df2bd43e5f1ef810ab6df

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aaeae6533d77e6ed4def85baec01e2815ebbef61

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6e5461f076c2ef63159f18e5cdbd30b50f0bc15

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8763f8317bb389aded32a32b08f6751cfff657d2

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38c28fe25611099230f0965c925499bfcf46a795

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f70ba9dae13a190673cc3f9b4aad52179738f60

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/272a9b26c336a295e4e209157fed809706c1b1f7

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01af542392b5d41fd659d487015a71f627accce3

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-05-01

Updated: 2026-05-01

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00024