Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-47190 - Memory Leak vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf bpf: Avoid memory leak from perf_env__insert_btf() perf_env__insert_btf() doesn't insert if a duplicate BTF id is encountered and this causes a memory leak. Modify the function to return a success/error value and then free the memory if insertion didn't happen. v2. Adds a return -1 when the insertion error occurs in perf_env__fetch_btf. This doesn't affect anything as the result is never checked.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11589d3144bc4e272e0aae46ce8156162e99babc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11589d3144bc4e272e0aae46ce8156162e99babc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4924b1f7c46711762fd0e65c135ccfbcfd6ded1f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4924b1f7c46711762fd0e65c135ccfbcfd6ded1f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/642fc22210a5e59d40b1e4d56d21ec3effd401f2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/642fc22210a5e59d40b1e4d56d21ec3effd401f2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab7c3d8d81c511ddfb27823fb07081c96422b56e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab7c3d8d81c511ddfb27823fb07081c96422b56e