CVE-2021-47096
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: rawmidi - fix the uninitalized user_pversion The user_pversion was uninitialized for the user space file structure in the open function, because the file private structure use…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.21%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: rawmidi - fix the uninitalized user_pversion The user_pversion was uninitialized for the user space file structure in the open function, because the file private structure use kmalloc for the allocation. The kernel ALSA sequencer code clears the file structure, so no additional fixes are required. BugLink: https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-lib/issues/178
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.0 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.21% probability · 11th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-908
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39a8fc4971a00d22536aeb7d446ee4a97810611bPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b398fcbe4de1e1100867fdb6f447c6fbc8fe7085Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39a8fc4971a00d22536aeb7d446ee4a97810611bPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b398fcbe4de1e1100867fdb6f447c6fbc8fe7085Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.