CVE-2021-45480 (GCVE-0-2021-45480)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-24 22:55 – Updated: 2024-08-04 04:39
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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| https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5f9562eb… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/Chan… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5050 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
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