Double Free Affecting kernel-kdump-devel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-KERNELKDUMPDEVEL-7128244
  • published27 May 2024
  • disclosed22 May 2024

Introduced: 22 May 2024

CVE-2021-47473  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:6 kernel-kdump-devel.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-kdump-devel package and not the kernel-kdump-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

scsi: qla2xxx: Fix a memory leak in an error path of qla2x00_process_els()

Commit 8c0eb596baa5 ("[SCSI] qla2xxx: Fix a memory leak in an error path of qla2x00_process_els()"), intended to change:

    bsg_job->request->msgcode == FC_BSG_HST_ELS_NOLOGIN


bsg_job->request->msgcode != FC_BSG_RPT_ELS

but changed it to:

    bsg_job->request->msgcode == FC_BSG_RPT_ELS

instead.

Change the == to a != to avoid leaking the fcport structure or freeing unallocated memory.

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