CVE-2026-64332 USB: ulpi: fix memory leak on registration failure

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A memory leak in the Linux kernel USB ULPI driver allows attackers to cause a denial of service by triggering registration failures.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2026-64332?

CVE-2026-64332 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 25 Jul 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

USB: ulpi: fix memory leak on registration failure

The allocated device name is never freed on early ULPI device registration failures.

Fix this by initialising the device structure earlier and releasing the initial reference whenever registration fails.

Weakness: CWE-401

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-64332?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2026-64332?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2026-64332 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-64332 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as AZL-93569, BELL-CVE-2026-64332, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-64332, GHSA-7w4g-q985-4523, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2026-64332, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-64332.

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