CVE-2021-47467

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.14-5.14.15 - Reference Count Leak in kfree_at_end

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kunit: fix reference count leak in kfree_at_end The reference counting issue happens in the normal path of kfree_at_end(). When kunit_alloc_and_get_resource() is invoked, the function forgets to handle the returned resource object, whose refcount increased inside, causing a refcount leak. Fix this issue by calling kunit_alloc_resource() instead of kunit_alloc_and_get_resource(). Fixed the following when applying: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org> CHECK: Alignment should match open parenthesis + kunit_alloc_resource(test, NULL, kfree_res_free, GFP_KERNEL, (void *)to_free);

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0049
EPSS Percentile 39.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

Status published
Products (8)
Linux/Linux < 5.14
Linux/Linux 1d71307a6f94df3750f8f884545a769e227172fe - bbdd158b40b66a9403391a517f24ef6613573446
Linux/Linux 1d71307a6f94df3750f8f884545a769e227172fe - f62314b1ced25c58b86e044fc951cd6a1ea234cf
Linux/Linux 5.14
Linux/Linux 5.14.15 - 5.14.*
Linux/Linux 5.15
linux/linux_kernel 5.15 rc1 (5 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 5.14 - 5.14.15
Published May 22, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026