VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2021-47116
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix memory leak in ext4_mb_init_backend on error path.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.23%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.23%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix memory leak in ext4_mb_init_backend on error path. Fix a memory leak discovered by syzbot when a file system is corrupted with an illegally large s_log_groups_per_flex.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.23% probability · 14th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-401
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04fb2baa0b147f51db065a1b13a11954abe592d0Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2050c6e5b161e5e25ce3c420fef58b24fa388a49Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8867f4e3809050571c98de7a2d465aff5e4daf5Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04fb2baa0b147f51db065a1b13a11954abe592d0Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2050c6e5b161e5e25ce3c420fef58b24fa388a49Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8867f4e3809050571c98de7a2d465aff5e4daf5Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.