CVE-2021-47624

HIGH

Linux kernel - Reference Count Leak

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sunrpc: fix reference count leaks in rpc_sysfs_xprt_state_change The refcount leak issues take place in an error handling path. When the 3rd argument buf doesn't match with "offline", "online" or "remove", the function simply returns -EINVAL and forgets to decrease the reference count of a rpc_xprt object and a rpc_xprt_switch object increased by rpc_sysfs_xprt_kobj_get_xprt() and rpc_sysfs_xprt_kobj_get_xprt_switch(), causing reference count leaks of both unused objects. Fix this issue by jumping to the error handling path labelled with out_put when buf matches none of "offline", "online" or "remove".

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 14.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

Status published
Products (9)
Linux/Linux < 5.14
Linux/Linux 5.14
Linux/Linux 5.15.24 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.16.10 - 5.16.*
Linux/Linux 5.17
Linux/Linux 5b7eb78486cd9ac58bfbd6d84ea0fe2d9fead03b - 4b22aa42bd4d2d630ef1854c139275c3532937cb
Linux/Linux 5b7eb78486cd9ac58bfbd6d84ea0fe2d9fead03b - 5f6024c05a2c0fdd180b29395aaf686d25af3a0f
Linux/Linux 5b7eb78486cd9ac58bfbd6d84ea0fe2d9fead03b - 776d794f28c95051bc70405a7b1fa40115658a18
linux/linux_kernel < 5.15.24
Published Jul 16, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026