# CVE-2021-47648: gpu: host1x: Fix a memory leak in 'host1x\_remove()'

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-02-26 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.13

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpu: host1x: Fix a memory leak in 'host1x_remove()' Add a missing 'host1x_channel_list_free()' call in the remove function, as already done in the error handling path of the probe function.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bb107332db28a0e9256c2d36a0902b85307612c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c06577a80485511b894cb688e881ef0bc2d1d296
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5124a344983e1b9670dae7add0e4d00d589aabcd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe1ce680560d4f0049ffa0c687de17567421c1ec
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/025c6643a81564f066d8381b9e2f4603e0f8438f

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