CVE-2021-29649

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 5.11.11 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.11.11. The user mode driver (UMD) has a copy_process() memory leak, related to a lack of cleanup steps in kernel/usermode_driver.c and kernel/bpf/preload/bpf_preload_kern.c, aka CID-f60a85cad677.

References (5)

[Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.11.11

[Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f60a85cad677c4f9bb4cadd764f1d106c38c7cf8

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RZGMUP6QEHJJEKPMLKOSPWYMW7PXFC2M/

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VTADK5ELGTATGW2RK3K5MBJ2WGYCPZCM/

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WKRNELXLVFDY6Y5XDMWLIH3VKIMQXLLR/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0012

EPSS Percentile 30.5%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-401

Status published

Affected Products (4)

linux/linux_kernel < 5.11.11

fedoraproject/fedora

Timeline

Published Mar 30, 2021

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026