PT-2024-11144 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2
Pan Bian
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Published
2021-03-29
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Updated
2024-12-10
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CVE-2021-47054
CVSS v3.1
5.5
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue is related to a potential reference count leak in the Linux kernel. The reference count of a child is incremented and decremented automatically in the
for each available child of node() macro, but it should be decremented manually if the loop is broken in the loop body. This is fixed by putting the child node before return.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Memory Leak
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Astra Linux
Linux Kernel
Suse