Memory Leak Affecting kernel-default-livepatch package, versions <5.3.18-150200.24.194.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-KERNELDEFAULTLIVEPATCH-7364052
  • published25 Jun 2024
  • disclosed24 Jun 2024

Introduced: 24 Jun 2024

CVE-2021-47330  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 kernel-default-livepatch to version 5.3.18-150200.24.194.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-default-livepatch package and not the kernel-default-livepatch package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.2 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

tty: serial: 8250: serial_cs: Fix a memory leak in error handling path

In the probe function, if the final 'serial_config()' fails, 'info' is leaking.

Add a resource handling path to free this memory.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1