hso_free_net_device in drivers/net/usb/hso.c in the Linux kernel through 5.13.4 calls unregister_netdev without checking for the NETREG_REGISTERED state, leading to a use-after-free and a double free.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 4
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-usb/msg202228.html Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-usb/msg202228.html Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 6.4 · linux, debian, oracleNVD modified 2026-10-08 22:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 5
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_binding_support_function:22.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_network_exposure_function:22.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_policy:22.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 16
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1188601
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a6ecfb39ba9d7316057cea823b196b734f6b18ca
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=dcb713d53e2eadf42b878c12a471e74dc6ed3145
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00010.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00012.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210819-0003/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-usb/msg202228.html Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1188601
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a6ecfb39ba9d7316057cea823b196b734f6b18ca
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=dcb713d53e2eadf42b878c12a471e74dc6ed3145
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00010.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00012.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210819-0003/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-usb/msg202228.html Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory