CVE-2021-47171

Medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: usb: fix memory leak in smsc75xx_bind Syzbot reported memory leak in smsc75xx_bind(). The problem was is non-freed memory in case of errors after memory allocation. backtrace: [<ffffffff84245b62>] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:556 [inline] [<ffffffff84245b62>] kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:686 [inline] [<ffffffff84245b62>] smsc75xx_bind+0x7a/0x334 drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c:1460 [<ffffffff82b5b2e6>] usbnet_probe+0x3b6/0xc30 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:1728

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedMar 25, 2024
First seenMar 25, 2024

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel4.4.271, 4.9.271, 4.14.235, 4.19.193, 5.4.124, 5.10.42, 5.12.9 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel2.6.34 ≤ v < 4.4.271, 4.5 ≤ v < 4.9.271, 4.10 ≤ v < 4.14.235, 4.15 ≤ v < 4.19.193, 4.20 ≤ v < 5.4.124, 5.5 ≤ v < 5.10.42, 5.11 ≤ v < 5.12.94.4.271, 4.9.271, 4.14.235, 4.19.193, 5.4.124, 5.10.42, 5.12.9

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