CVE-2021-47473

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedMay 22, 2024
First seenMay 22, 2024

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel5.10.76, 5.14.15 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel3.11 ≤ v < 5.10.76, 5.11 ≤ v < 5.14.15, 5.155.10.76, 5.14.15

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