CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-47190

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2024-04-10 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2024-04-10
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: perf bpf: Avoid memory leak from perf_env__insert_btf() perf_env__insert_btf() doesn't insert if a duplicate BTF id is encountered and this causes a memory leak. Modify the function to return a success/error value and then free the memory if insertion didn't happen. v2. Adds a return -1 when the insertion error occurs in perf_env__fetch_btf. This doesn't affect anything as the result is never checked.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 5.1 < 5.4.162) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.5 < 5.10.82) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.15.5)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime weakness

References