CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-46996
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2024-02-28
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-401
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nftables: Fix a memleak from userdata error path in new objects
Release object name if userdata allocation fails.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.10 < 5.10.38)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.11.22)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.12 < 5.12.5)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime weakness
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c784a500f5edd337258b0fdb2f31bc9abde1a23 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59fa98bfa1f4013d658d990cac88c87b46ff410c Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85dfd816fabfc16e71786eda0a33a7046688b5b0 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd3bebf515f336214a91994348a2b86b9a1d3d7f Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c784a500f5edd337258b0fdb2f31bc9abde1a23 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59fa98bfa1f4013d658d990cac88c87b46ff410c Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85dfd816fabfc16e71786eda0a33a7046688b5b0 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd3bebf515f336214a91994348a2b86b9a1d3d7f Patch