Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-45480 - Memory Leak vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.11
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.11
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5f9562ebe710c307adc5f666bf1a2162ee7977c0
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5f9562ebe710c307adc5f666bf1a2162ee7977c0
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00012.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00012.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5050
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5050
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096