Memory Leak Affecting kernel-rt-core package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-KERNELRTCORE-8133561
  • published1 Oct 2024
  • disclosed21 May 2024

Introduced: 21 May 2024

CVE-2021-47287  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 kernel-rt-core to version 0:4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2024:7001.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-core package and not the kernel-rt-core package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux: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

version 3.1