CVE-2021-46923
MEDIUMLinux Kernel 5.12-5.15.12 - Resource Exposure via mount_setattr Reference Leak
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/mount_setattr: always cleanup mount_kattr Make sure that finish_mount_kattr() is called after mount_kattr was succesfully built in both the success and failure case to prevent leaking any references we took when we built it. We returned early if path lookup failed thereby risking to leak an additional reference we took when building mount_kattr when an idmapped mount was requested.
References (2)
Core 2
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0021
EPSS Percentile
11.2%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-668
Status
published
Products (7)
Linux/Linux
< 5.12
Linux/Linux
5.12
Linux/Linux
5.15.13 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux
5.16
Linux/Linux
9caccd41541a6f7d6279928d9f971f6642c361af - 012e332286e2bb9f6ac77d195f17e74b2963d663
Linux/Linux
9caccd41541a6f7d6279928d9f971f6642c361af - 47b5d0a7532d39e42a938f81e3904268145c341d
linux/linux_kernel
5.12.0 - 5.15.13
Published
Feb 27, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026