Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-47514 - Unspecified 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: devlink: fix netns refcount leak in devlink_nl_cmd_reload() While preparing my patch series adding netns refcount tracking, I spotted bugs in devlink_nl_cmd_reload() Some error paths forgot to release a refcount on a netns. To fix this, we can reduce the scope of get_net()/put_net() section around the call to devlink_reload().
Vulnerable Configurations
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b7e90672af8e0c78205db006f1b0a20ebd07f5f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b7e90672af8e0c78205db006f1b0a20ebd07f5f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4dbb0dad8e63fcd0b5a117c2861d2abe7ff5f186
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4dbb0dad8e63fcd0b5a117c2861d2abe7ff5f186
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe30b70ca84da9c4aca85c03ad86e7a9b89c5ded
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe30b70ca84da9c4aca85c03ad86e7a9b89c5ded