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Calling\nput_device(&mdev->dev) there triggers a device core WARN and ends up\ninvoking kref_put(&kobj->kref, kobject_release) on an uninitialized\nkobject.\n\nIn this path the private struct was only kmalloc'ed and the intended\nrelease is effectively kfree(mdev) anyway, so free it directly instead\nof calling put_device() on an uninitialized device.\n\nThis removes the WARNING and fixes the pre-initialization error path."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/most/most_usb.c"],"versions":[{"version":"97a6f772f36b7f52bcfa56a581bbd2470cffe23d","lessThan":"3509c748e79435d09e730673c8c100b7f0ebc87c","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"97a6f772f36b7f52bcfa56a581bbd2470cffe23d","lessThan":"ad2be44882716dc3589fbc5572cc13f88ead6b24","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"97a6f772f36b7f52bcfa56a581bbd2470cffe23d","lessThan":"c400410fe0580dd6118ae8d60287ac9ce71a65fd","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"97a6f772f36b7f52bcfa56a581bbd2470cffe23d","lessThan":"6fb8fbc0aa542af5bf0fed94fa6b0edf18144f95","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"97a6f772f36b7f52bcfa56a581bbd2470cffe23d","lessThan":"7d851f746067b8ee5bac9c262f326ace0a6ea253","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"97a6f772f36b7f52bcfa56a581bbd2470cffe23d","lessThan":"4af0eedbdb4df7936bf43a28e31af232744d2620","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"97a6f772f36b7f52bcfa56a581bbd2470cffe23d","lessThan":"a8cc9e5fcb0e2eef21513a4fec888f5712cb8162","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/most/most_usb.c"],"versions":[{"version":"5.9","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"5.9","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.10.246","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.196","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.158","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.115","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.56","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.17.6","lessThanOrEqual":"6.17.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.9","versionEndExcluding":"5.10.246"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.9","versionEndExcluding":"5.15.196"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.9","versionEndExcluding":"6.1.158"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.9","versionEndExcluding":"6.6.115"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.9","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.56"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.9","versionEndExcluding":"6.17.6"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.9","versionEndExcluding":"6.18"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3509c748e79435d09e730673c8c100b7f0ebc87c"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad2be44882716dc3589fbc5572cc13f88ead6b24"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c400410fe0580dd6118ae8d60287ac9ce71a65fd"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fb8fbc0aa542af5bf0fed94fa6b0edf18144f95"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d851f746067b8ee5bac9c262f326ace0a6ea253"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4af0eedbdb4df7936bf43a28e31af232744d2620"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8cc9e5fcb0e2eef21513a4fec888f5712cb8162"}],"title":"most: usb: hdm_probe: Fix calling put_device() before device initialization","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}