Medium 5.5Published May 1, 2026

CVE-2026-31760gpib: lpvo_usb: fix memory leak on disconnect

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 4:50 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpib: lpvo_usb: fix memory leak on disconnect The driver iterates over the registered USB interfaces during GPIB attach and takes a reference to their USB devices until a match is found. These references are never released which leads to a memory leak when devices are disconnected. Fix the leak by dropping the unnecessary references.

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: May 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from fce79512a96afacbe297ba3c5c2f7ed34944540d before 21f942879f86108b300a23683e67483f8c358fc7; from fce79512a96afacbe297ba3c5c2f7ed34944540d before 706f4fe2dacc95d65e7c8dff321711f024bb8d20; from fce79512a96afacbe297ba3c5c2f7ed34944540d before 5cefb52c1af6f69ea719e42788f6ec6a087eb74c	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 6.13 before 6.18.22; from 6.19 before 6.19.12; 7.0; 7.0; 7.0; 7.0; 7.0; 7.0	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21f942879f86108b300a23683e67483f8c358fc7	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/706f4fe2dacc95d65e7c8dff321711f024bb8d20	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5cefb52c1af6f69ea719e42788f6ec6a087eb74c	patch

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