Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-47236 - 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: net: cdc_eem: fix tx fixup skb leak when usbnet transmit a skb, eem fixup it in eem_tx_fixup(), if skb_copy_expand() failed, it return NULL, usbnet_start_xmit() will have no chance to free original skb. fix it by free orginal skb in eem_tx_fixup() first, then check skb clone status, if failed, return NULL to usbnet.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05b2b9f7d24b5663d9b47427fe1555bdafd3ea02
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05b2b9f7d24b5663d9b47427fe1555bdafd3ea02
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14184ec5c958b589ba934da7363a2877879204df
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14184ec5c958b589ba934da7363a2877879204df
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bcacd6088d61c0ac6a990d87975600a81f3247e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bcacd6088d61c0ac6a990d87975600a81f3247e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81de2ed06df8b5451e050fe6a318af3263dbff3f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81de2ed06df8b5451e050fe6a318af3263dbff3f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4f7a9fc9d094c0c4a66f2ad7c37b1dbe9e78f88
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4f7a9fc9d094c0c4a66f2ad7c37b1dbe9e78f88
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3b26fdf1b32f91c7a3bc743384b4a298ab53ad7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3b26fdf1b32f91c7a3bc743384b4a298ab53ad7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f12554b0ff639e74612cc01b3b4a049e098d2d65
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f12554b0ff639e74612cc01b3b4a049e098d2d65
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4e6a7f19c82f39b1803e91c54718f0d7143767d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4e6a7f19c82f39b1803e91c54718f0d7143767d