CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-47473

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2024-05-22 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2024-05-22
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: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix a memory leak in an error path of qla2x00_process_els() Commit 8c0eb596baa5 ("[SCSI] qla2xxx: Fix a memory leak in an error path of qla2x00_process_els()"), intended to change: bsg_job->request->msgcode == FC_BSG_HST_ELS_NOLOGIN bsg_job->request->msgcode != FC_BSG_RPT_ELS but changed it to: bsg_job->request->msgcode == FC_BSG_RPT_ELS instead. Change the == to a != to avoid leaking the fcport structure or freeing unallocated memory.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 3.11 < 5.10.76) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.14.15) • linux linux kernel 5.15

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

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

References