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Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published Jul 21, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-37159

CVE-2021-37159

Description

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.

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