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This avoids issues like memory leaks when drivers are unbound\nwithout their devices being physically disconnected (e.g. on probe\ndeferral or configuration changes).\n\nFix the USB anchor lifetime so that it is released on driver unbind."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c"],"versions":[{"version":"8b4c0009313f3d42e2540e3e1f776097dd0db73d","lessThan":"64a457f6afbf15f984d95201a9a1e71eed3f9dd1","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"8b4c0009313f3d42e2540e3e1f776097dd0db73d","lessThan":"65518a6965d527c53013947031f26754f6a4f6af","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"8b4c0009313f3d42e2540e3e1f776097dd0db73d","lessThan":"15b233e33b35b927bd8d0044c15325564ea1ba24","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"8b4c0009313f3d42e2540e3e1f776097dd0db73d","lessThan":"1de5c76bf40e9cdeebf54662f63011fb10fa452f","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"8b4c0009313f3d42e2540e3e1f776097dd0db73d","lessThan":"b245db719bc7e57abf48bd5701662b270c3880f7","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"8b4c0009313f3d42e2540e3e1f776097dd0db73d","lessThan":"e360d15fcb1e819eef49e3d4434d8050542eed16","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"8b4c0009313f3d42e2540e3e1f776097dd0db73d","lessThan":"c99f198841b41735796e2ddfcd573783fb552eb9","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"8b4c0009313f3d42e2540e3e1f776097dd0db73d","lessThan":"25369b22223d1c56e42a0cd4ac9137349d5a898e","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/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c"],"versions":[{"version":"4.7","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"4.7","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.10.253","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.203","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.169","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.135","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.82","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.23","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.19.13","lessThanOrEqual":"6.19.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.0","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":"4.7","versionEndExcluding":"5.10.253"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.7","versionEndExcluding":"5.15.203"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.7","versionEndExcluding":"6.1.169"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.7","versionEndExcluding":"6.6.135"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.7","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.82"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.7","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.23"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.7","versionEndExcluding":"6.19.13"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.7","versionEndExcluding":"7.0"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64a457f6afbf15f984d95201a9a1e71eed3f9dd1"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65518a6965d527c53013947031f26754f6a4f6af"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15b233e33b35b927bd8d0044c15325564ea1ba24"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1de5c76bf40e9cdeebf54662f63011fb10fa452f"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b245db719bc7e57abf48bd5701662b270c3880f7"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e360d15fcb1e819eef49e3d4434d8050542eed16"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c99f198841b41735796e2ddfcd573783fb552eb9"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25369b22223d1c56e42a0cd4ac9137349d5a898e"}],"title":"wifi: rt2x00usb: fix devres lifetime","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}