PT-2024-11475 · Linux+3 · Linux Kernel+3
Jianglei Nie
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Published
2021-12-09
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Updated
2024-08-19
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CVE-2021-47516
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
A memory leak issue has been resolved in the Linux kernel. The problem occurs when the
nfp cpp area alloc() function allocates and initializes a CPP area structure, but this structure is not freed when the cache allocation fails. This results in a memory leak. The issue can be fixed by freeing the CPP area when the cache allocation fails.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
Resource Exhaustion
Memory Leak
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Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Astra Linux
Linux Kernel
Red Os
Suse