CVE-2021-47539 Affecting kernel-default package, versions <5.14.21-150500.55.73.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-KERNELDEFAULT-7694902
  • published17 Aug 2024
  • disclosed16 Aug 2024

Introduced: 16 Aug 2024

CVE-2021-47539  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 kernel-default to version 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-default package and not the kernel-default package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 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]

CVSS Scores

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