CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-47236

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2024-05-21 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2024-05-21
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: net: cdc_eem: fix tx fixup skb leak when usbnet transmit a skb, eem fixup it in eem_tx_fixup(), if skb_copy_expand() failed, it return NULL, usbnet_start_xmit() will have no chance to free original skb. fix it by free orginal skb in eem_tx_fixup() first, then check skb clone status, if failed, return NULL to usbnet.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 2.6.30 < 4.4.274) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.5 < 4.9.274) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.10 < 4.14.238) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.15 < 4.19.196) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.20 < 5.4.128) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.5 < 5.10.46) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.12.13) • linux linux kernel 5.13

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

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

References