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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-47171

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: usb: fix memory leak in smsc75xx_bind Syzbot reported memory leak in smsc75xx_bind().

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.24%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.24%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: usb: fix memory leak in smsc75xx_bind Syzbot reported memory leak in smsc75xx_bind(). The problem was is non-freed memory in case of errors after memory allocation. backtrace: [<ffffffff84245b62>] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:556 [inline] [<ffffffff84245b62>] kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:686 [inline] [<ffffffff84245b62>] smsc75xx_bind+0x7a/0x334 drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c:1460 [<ffffffff82b5b2e6>] usbnet_probe+0x3b6/0xc30 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:1728

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
0.24% probability · 15th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-401
Affected
linux/linux kernel
Source
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.