Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 31, 2026· Updated Feb 9, 2026
net: usb: pegasus: fix memory leak in update_eth_regs_async()
CVE-2026-23021
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: usb: pegasus: fix memory leak in update_eth_regs_async()
When asynchronously writing to the device registers and if usb_submit_urb() fail, the code fail to release allocated to this point resources.
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Affected products
72- osv-coords70 versionspkg:linux/kernelpkg:rpm/opensuse/dtb-aarch64&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-64kb&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-azure&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default-base&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-docs&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-build&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-qa&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-rt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-syms&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-64kb&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-64kb&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-64kb&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-64kb&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-azure&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Public%20Cloud%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-azure&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-azure&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.1pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Legacy%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.1pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-docs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-docs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-docs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.1pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_10&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_10&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-obs-build&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-obs-qa&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-obs-qa&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.1pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt&distro=SUSE%20Real%20Time%20Module%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.1pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.1pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-rt&distro=SUSE%20Real%20Time%20Module%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterpri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>= 3.10.0, < 5.10.248+ 69 more
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- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1.160000.2.8
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1.160000.2.8
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-40.1.21.17
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-40.1.21.17
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1.160000.2.8
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-40.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.7.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-40.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.7.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.7.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.27.1
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Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- git.kernel.org/stable/c/471dfb97599eec74e0476046b3ef8e7037f27b34mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5397ea6d21c35a17707e201a60761bdee00bcc4emitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/93f18eaa190374e0f2d253e3b1a65cee19a7abe6mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a40af9a2904a1ab8ce61866ebe2a894ef30754bamitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac5d92d2826dec51e5d4c6854865bc5817277452mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/afa27621a28af317523e0836dad430bec551eb54mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce6eef731aba23a988decea1df3b08cf978f7b01mitre
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