PT-2021-8253

CVE-2021-47287

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Published

2021-07-13

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Updated

2026-10-18

Description by

CVSS 3.1
5.5
Medium
MetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description The issue is related to a memory leak in the Linux kernel when the driver register() function fails. This memory leak occurs because the memory allocated for auxdrv->driver.name is not freed before returning from auxiliary driver register(). The exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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Related identifiers
ALSA-2024:7000
ALSA-2024:7001
CESA-2024_7000
CESA-2024_7001
CLSA-2024-1727815919
INFSA-2024_7000
INFSA-2024_7001
RHSA-2024:7000
RHSA-2024_7000
RHSA-2024:7001
RHSA-2024_7001
RLSA-2024:7001
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