CVE-2021-47671

high
Published 2023-05-09 · Modified 2023-05-09
CVSS v3
VIR risk
8.0

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: etas_es58x: es58x_rx_err_msg(): fix memory leak in error path In es58x_rx_err_msg(), if can->do_set_mode() fails, the function directly returns without calling netif_rx(skb). This means that the skb previously allocated by alloc_can_err_skb() is not freed. In other terms, this is a memory leak. This patch simply removes the return statement in the error branch and let the function continue. Issue was found with GCC -fanalyzer, please follow the link below for details.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
redhat rhel9fixed
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed5.15.3-1
debian debianbullseyefixed0
debian debianforkyfixed5.15.3-1
debian debiansidfixed5.15.3-1
debian debiantrixiefixed5.15.3-1

References

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