Memory Leak Affecting kernel-64k-modules-extra package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (23rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS9-KERNEL64KMODULESEXTRA-7123339
  • published27 May 2024
  • disclosed24 May 2024

Introduced: 24 May 2024

CVE-2021-47538  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:9 kernel-64k-modules-extra.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-64k-modules-extra package and not the kernel-64k-modules-extra package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

rxrpc: Fix rxrpc_local leak in rxrpc_lookup_peer()

Need to call rxrpc_put_local() for peer candidate before kfree() as it holds a ref to rxrpc_local.

[DH: v2: Changed to abstract the peer freeing code out into a function]

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1