CVE-2021-47466
high
CVSS v3
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VIR risk
8.0
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm, slub: fix potential memoryleak in kmem_cache_open() In error path, the random_seq of slub cache might be leaked. Fix this by using __kmem_cache_release() to release all the relevant resources.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rocky | 8 | fixed | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 5.14.16-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 5.10.84-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 5.14.16-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 5.14.16-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 5.14.16-1 |
References
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:7000
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:7001
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-47466.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-47466
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:7000
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2258012
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2258013
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2260038
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2265799
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2265838
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2266358
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2266750
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2267036
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2267041
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2267795
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2267916
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2267925
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2268295
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2270103
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2271648
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2271796
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2272793
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2273141
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2273148
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2273180
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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.