CVE-2021-47171
MEDIUMLinux Kernel < 4.4.271 - Memory Leak
Title source: ruleDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: usb: fix memory leak in smsc75xx_bind Syzbot reported memory leak in smsc75xx_bind(). The problem was is non-freed memory in case of errors after memory allocation. backtrace: [<ffffffff84245b62>] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:556 [inline] [<ffffffff84245b62>] kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:686 [inline] [<ffffffff84245b62>] smsc75xx_bind+0x7a/0x334 drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c:1460 [<ffffffff82b5b2e6>] usbnet_probe+0x3b6/0xc30 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:1728
References (8)
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0001
EPSS Percentile
0.5%
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 (1)
linux/linux_kernel
< 4.4.271
Timeline
Published
Mar 25, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026