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Unscored CVE-2021-47180 EUVD-2021-33828GHSA-jwrw-gr4p-2mx9

NFC: nci: fix memory leak in nci_allocate_device

Published Mar 25, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.4 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-aws-hwe Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-4.15 Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.4 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-4.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.4 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.4 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lts-xenial Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.4 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-5.4 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-vmware Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

NFC: nci: fix memory leak in nci_allocate_device

nfcmrvl_disconnect fails to free the hci_dev field in struct nci_dev.
Fix this by freeing hci_dev in nci_free_device.

BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888111ea6800 (size 1024):
comm "kworker/1:0", pid 19, jiffies 4294942308 (age 13.580s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 60 fd 0c 81 88 ff ff .........`......
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
backtrace:
[<000000004bc25d43>] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:552 [inline]
[<000000004bc25d43>] kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:682 [inline]
[<000000004bc25d43>] nci_hci_allocate+0x21/0xd0 net/nfc/nci/hci.c:784
[<00000000c59cff92>] nci_allocate_device net/nfc/nci/core.c:1170 [inline]
[<00000000c59cff92>] nci_allocate_device+0x10b/0x160 net/nfc/nci/core.c:1132
[<00000000006e0a8e>] nfcmrvl_nci_register_dev+0x10a/0x1c0 drivers/nfc/nfcmrvl/main.c:153
[<000000004da1b57e>] nfcmrvl_probe+0x223/0x290 drivers/nfc/nfcmrvl/usb.c:345
[<00000000d506aed9>] usb_probe_interface+0x177/0x370 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396
[<00000000bc632c92>] really_probe+0x159/0x4a0 drivers/base/dd.c:554
[<00000000f5009125>] driver_probe_device+0x84/0x100 drivers/base/dd.c:740
[<000000000ce658ca>] __device_attach_driver+0xee/0x110 drivers/base/dd.c:846
[<000000007067d05f>] bus_for_each_drv+0xb7/0x100 drivers/base/bus.c:431
[<00000000f8e13372>] __device_attach+0x122/0x250 drivers/base/dd.c:914
[<000000009cf68860>] bus_probe_device+0xc6/0xe0 drivers/base/bus.c:491
[<00000000359c965a>] device_add+0x5be/0xc30 drivers/base/core.c:3109
[<00000000086e4bd3>] usb_set_configuration+0x9d9/0xb90 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2164
[<00000000ca036872>] usb_generic_driver_probe+0x8c/0xc0 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:238
[<00000000d40d36f6>] usb_probe_device+0x5c/0x140 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:293
[<00000000bc632c92>] really_probe+0x159/0x4a0 drivers/base/dd.c:554

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 4.0 4.4.271

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 5.14.6-1 —
Debian 13 linux 5.14.6-1 —
Debian 12 linux 5.14.6-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +22 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-80.90 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1054.57 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1055.57 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1016.19 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1049.53 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +26 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.4.0-1021.22 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1044.46 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1052.56 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1041.45 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux 4.15.0-151.157 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-aws 4.15.0-1109.116 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1054.57~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-azure-4.15 4.15.0-1121.134 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1055.57~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-4.15 4.15.0-1106.120 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1049.53~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-80.90~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-kvm 4.15.0-1097.99 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1078.86 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1052.56~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1041.45~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1069.73+fips2 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1073.76+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1031.36 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1067.71~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 4.15.0-2051.53 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 4.15.0-2033.37 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips 4.15.0-1066.75 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 4.15.0-2016.18 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux +2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-aws-hwe 4.15.0-1109.116~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1121.134~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-gcp 4.15.0-1106.120~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-hwe 4.15.0-151.157~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1078.86~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-aws +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1121.134~14.04.1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP3 kernel-64kb +7 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
SLES 15 SP3 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1.150300.18.92.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
SLES 15 SP2 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150200.24.188.1.150200.9.95.3 SUSE-SU-2024:1454-1
SLES 15 SP2 kernel-docs +5 5.3.18-150200.24.188.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1454-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-azure +2 4.12.14-16.182.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1643-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-docs +4 4.12.14-122.216.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1870-1
Show 12 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP3 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1.150300.18.92.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP3 kernel-docs +5 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP2 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150200.24.188.1.150200.9.95.3 SUSE-SU-2024:1454-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP2 kernel-docs +5 5.3.18-150200.24.188.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1454-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 kernel-azure +2 4.12.14-16.182.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1643-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 kernel-syms +2 4.12.14-122.216.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1870-1
SLE Real Time 12 SP5 kernel-rt +3 4.12.14-10.182.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1646-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-default 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1.150300.18.92.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-rt +1 5.3.18-150300.166.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1465-1
SLE Micro 5.1 kernel-default 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
SLE Micro 5.1 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1.150300.18.92.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
SLE Micro 5.1 kernel-rt +1 5.3.18-150300.166.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1465-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP3 kernel-default 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP3 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_43 1-150300.7.3.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP2 kernel-default 5.3.18-150200.24.188.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1454-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP2 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP2_Update_47 1-150200.5.3.3 SUSE-SU-2024:1454-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kernel-default 4.12.14-122.216.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1870-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_56 1-8.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1870-1
SLE HPC 15 SP3 kernel-64kb +6 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
SLE HPC 15 SP3 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1.150300.18.92.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
SLE HPC 15 SP2 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150200.24.188.1.150200.9.95.3 SUSE-SU-2024:1454-1
SLE HPC 15 SP2 kernel-docs +5 5.3.18-150200.24.188.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1454-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-64kb +6 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1.150300.18.92.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1

Advisories 7

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