{"id":"CVE-2021-45480","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-45480","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:40:20.468Z","title":"There is a memory leak in the __rds_conn_create() function in net/rds/connection.c in a certain combination of circumstances.","description":"An 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.","published":"2021-12-24T23:15:07.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T04:13:27.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-401"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.0038,"percentile":0.31724,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.38%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.11","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5f9562ebe710c307adc5f666bf1a2162ee7977c0","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00012.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5050","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.11","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5f9562ebe710c307adc5f666bf1a2162ee7977c0","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00012.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5050","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-45480","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}