CVE-2021-47236

high
Published 2024-07-02 · Modified 2024-07-08
CVSS v3
VIR risk
8.0

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: cdc_eem: fix tx fixup skb leak when usbnet transmit a skb, eem fixup it in eem_tx_fixup(), if skb_copy_expand() failed, it return NULL, usbnet_start_xmit() will have no chance to free original skb. fix it by free orginal skb in eem_tx_fixup() first, then check skb clone status, if failed, return NULL to usbnet.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
rockylinux rocky8fixed
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed5.10.46-1
debian debianbullseyefixed5.10.46-1
debian debianforkyfixed5.10.46-1
debian debiansidfixed5.10.46-1
debian debiantrixiefixed5.10.46-1
almalinux almalinux8fixedkernel-rt-core-4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

References

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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.