PT-2024-11449 · Linux+6 · Linux Kernel+6

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Published

2021-10-20

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Updated

2026-03-14

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CVE-2021-47455

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

VectorAV: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 A possible memory leak in the ptp clock register() function has been resolved. The memory leak occurs when posix clock register() returns an error, causing the name allocated in dev set name() to be leaked. To fix this issue, the put device() function should be used to give up the device reference, allowing the name to be freed in kobject cleanup() and other memory to be freed in ptp clock release(). The leak was identified through a fault injection test, which revealed an unreferenced object.
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

ALSA-2024:7000
ALSA-2024:7001
BDU:2025-04383
CESA-2024_7000
CESA-2024_7001
CVE-2021-47455
DLA-4327-1
INFSA-2024_7000
INFSA-2024_7001
OESA-2024-1677
OESA-2024-1678
OESA-2024-1680
OESA-2024-1681
OESA-2024-1682
OPENSUSE-SU-2024_2189-1
RHSA-2022:8267
RHSA-2022_8267
RHSA-2024:7000
RHSA-2024:7001
RHSA-2024_7000
RHSA-2024_7001
RLSA-2024:7001
SUSE-SU-2024:2008-1
SUSE-SU-2024:2011-1
SUSE-SU-2024:2019-1
SUSE-SU-2024:2189-1
SUSE-SU-2024:2190-1
SUSE-SU-2025:02334-1
SUSE-SU-2025_02334-1

Affected Products

Almalinux
Centos
Debian
Linux Kernel
Red Hat
Rocky Linux
Suse