PT-2021-5656

CVE-2021-45095

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Published

2021-12-10

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Updated

2023-08-14

Description by

CVSS 3.1
5.5
Medium
MetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions through 5.15.8
Description The issue is related to a refcount leak in the pep sock accept function in the Linux kernel. This leak is associated with insufficient protection of internal data. Exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to protected information.
Recommendations For Linux kernel versions through 5.15.8, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue to resolve the refcount leak in the pep sock accept function. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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Related identifiers
ALT-PU-2021-3554
ALT-PU-2021-3644
ALT-PU-2021-3660
ALT-PU-2022-1015
ALT-PU-2022-1016
ALT-PU-2022-1240
ALT-PU-2022-1419
ALT-PU-2022-1421
ALT-PU-2023-1814
ALT-PU-2023-4894
AZL-7033
DLA-2940-1
DLA-2941-1
DSA-5050-1
DSA-5096-1
MGASA-2022-0021
MGASA-2022-0022
OESA-2021-1475
OPENSUSE-SU-2022:0363-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2022_0363-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2022:0366-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2022_0366-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2022:0370-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2022_0370-1
SUSE-SU-2022:0362-1
SUSE-SU-2022:0363-1
SUSE-SU-2022:0365-1
SUSE-SU-2022:0366-1
SUSE-SU-2022:0367-1
SUSE-SU-2022:0370-1
SUSE-SU-2022:0371-1
SUSE-SU-2022:0477-1
SUSE-SU-2022:0543-1
SUSE-SU-2022:0544-1
SUSE-SU-2022:0555-1
SUSE-SU-2022:0765-1
SUSE-SU-2022:0767-1
SUSE-SU-2022:14905-1
SUSE-SU-2022_14905-1
USN-5278-1
USN-5337-1
USN-5338-1
USN-5339-1
USN-5343-1
USN-5368-1
USN-5377-1
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