Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drivers: base: Free devm resources when unregistering a device
In the current code, devres_release_all() only gets called if the device has a bus and has been probed.
This leads to issues when using bus-less or driver-less devices where the device might never get freed if a managed resource holds a reference to the device. This is happening in the DRM framework for example.
We should thus call devres_release_all() in the device_del() function to make sure that the device-managed actions are properly executed when the device is unregistered, even if it has neither a bus nor a driver.
This is effectively the same change than commit 2f8d16a996da ("devres: release resources on device_del()") that got reverted by commit a525a3ddeaca ("driver core: free devres in device_release") over memory leaks concerns.
This patch effectively combines the two commits mentioned above to release the resources both on device_del() and device_release() and get the best of both worlds.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= a525a3ddeaca69f405d98442ab3c0746e53168dc, < 83e2ec36a92432e9445e853c12becbbae353b511; >= a525a3ddeaca69f405d98442ab3c0746e53168dc, < b9ef4b0aa91d2f9f5951faafdbbd47cf01799ec3; >= a525a3ddeaca69f405d98442ab3c0746e53168dc, < 297992e5c63528e603666e36081836204fc36ec9; >= a525a3ddeaca69f405d98442ab3c0746e53168dc, < 3bcc4c2a096e8342c8c719e595ce15de212694dd; >= a525a3ddeaca69f405d98442ab3c0746e53168dc, < c8c426fae26086a0ca8ab6cc6da2de79810ec038; >= a525a3ddeaca69f405d98442ab3c0746e53168dc, < 699fb50d99039a50e7494de644f96c889279aca3 |
| Linux | Linux | 3.7 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/297992e5c63528e603666e36081836204fc36ec9Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bcc4c2a096e8342c8c719e595ce15de212694ddPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/699fb50d99039a50e7494de644f96c889279aca3Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83e2ec36a92432e9445e853c12becbbae353b511Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9ef4b0aa91d2f9f5951faafdbbd47cf01799ec3Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8c426fae26086a0ca8ab6cc6da2de79810ec038Patch
Timeline
- Published
- Oct 4, 2025
- Last modified
- Nov 5, 2026
- NVD status
- Analyzed