medium5.5
CVE-2021-47070
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: uio_hv_generic: Fix another memory leak in error handling paths Memory allocated by 'vmbus_…
Impact
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: uio_hv_generic: Fix another memory leak in error handling paths Memory allocated by 'vmbus_alloc_ring()' at the beginning of the probe function is never freed in the error handling path. Add the missing 'vmbus_free_ring()' call. Note that it is already freed in the .remove function.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | from 4.20 before 5.12.7 Version 5.13 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b0226be3a52dadd965644bc52a807961c2c26df
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/261bbd90cc53d2835343f056770156cf1e82cf03
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f59240cf25b2f7a0fdffc2701482a70310fec07
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b0226be3a52dadd965644bc52a807961c2c26df
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f59240cf25b2f7a0fdffc2701482a70310fec07
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html