Resource Leak Affecting kernel-core package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS9-KERNELCORE-6973769
  • published22 May 2024
  • disclosed21 May 2024

Introduced: 21 May 2024

CVE-2021-47373  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-402  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:9 kernel-core.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-core package and not the kernel-core 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:

irqchip/gic-v3-its: Fix potential VPE leak on error

In its_vpe_irq_domain_alloc, when its_vpe_init() returns an error, there is an off-by-one in the number of VPEs to be freed.

Fix it by simply passing the number of VPEs allocated, which is the index of the loop iterating over the VPEs.

[maz: fixed commit message]

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