CVE-2021-45095
MEDIUMLinux Kernel < 5.15.8 - Exposure of Sensitive Information via Refcount Leak in pep_sock_accept
Title source: llmDescription
pep_sock_accept in net/phonet/pep.c in the Linux kernel through 5.15.8 has a refcount leak.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.git/commit/?id=bcd0f93353326954817a4f9fa55ec57fb38acbb0
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bcd0f93353326954817a4f9fa55ec57fb38acbb0
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5050
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00011.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00012.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0034
EPSS Percentile
25.6%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-200
Status
published
Products (4)
debian/debian_linux
9.0
debian/debian_linux
10.0
debian/debian_linux
11.0
linux/linux_kernel
< 5.15.8
Published
Dec 16, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026