CVE-2021-45480

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-45480
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-12-24 23:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-04-06 14:11:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.15.11. There is a memory leak in the __rds_conn_create() function in net/rds/connection.c in a certain combination of circumstances.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-401

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 11.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 2941-1] linux-4.19 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
rds: memory leak in __rds_conn_create() · torvalds/linux@5f9562e · GitHub MISC github.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5050-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.11 MISC cdn.kernel.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5096-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 179012 Debian Security Update for linux (DSA 5050-1)
  • 179117 Debian Security Update for linux (DSA 5096-1)
  • 179119 Debian Security Update for linux-4.19 (DLA 2941-1)
  • 181949 Debian Security Update for linux (CVE-2021-45480)
  • 198659 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (OEM) Vulnerabilities (USN-5278-1)
  • 198708 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5337-1)
  • 198709 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5338-1)
  • 198731 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5368-1)
  • 198740 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (BlueField) Vulnerabilities (USN-5377-1)
  • 900502 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (7090)
  • 901128 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (7097-1)
  • 906155 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (7090-1)
  • 906266 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (7097-2)
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