Resource Leak Affecting kernel-headers package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNELHEADERS-7106014
  • published24 May 2024
  • disclosed21 May 2024

Introduced: 21 May 2024

CVE-2021-47287  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-402  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-headers to version 0:4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:7000.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-headers package and not the kernel-headers package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

driver core: auxiliary bus: Fix memory leak when driver_register() fail

If driver_register() returns with error we need to free the memory allocated for auxdrv->driver.name before returning from __auxiliary_driver_register()

CVSS Scores

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