Memory Leak Affecting kernel-core package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS9-KERNELCORE-7121130
  • published27 May 2024
  • disclosed24 May 2024

Introduced: 24 May 2024

CVE-2021-47539  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (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:

rxrpc: Fix rxrpc_peer leak in rxrpc_look_up_bundle()

Need to call rxrpc_put_peer() for bundle candidate before kfree() as it holds a ref to rxrpc_peer.

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

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