VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-47466

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.21%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-05-22
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm, slub: fix potential memoryleak in kmem_cache_open() In error path, the random_seq of slub cache might be leaked. Fix this by using __kmem_cache_release() to release all the relevant resources.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

Primary references