CVE-2021-47466

high
Published 2024-09-24 · Modified 2024-09-24
CVSS v3
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

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
rockylinux rocky8fixed
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed5.14.16-1
debian debianbullseyefixed5.10.84-1
debian debianforkyfixed5.14.16-1
debian debiansidfixed5.14.16-1
debian debiantrixiefixed5.14.16-1

References

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Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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