CVE-2021-47009 (GCVE-0-2021-47009)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-28 08:13 – Updated: 2026-05-23 15:19
VLAI
Title
KEYS: trusted: Fix memory leak on object td
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KEYS: trusted: Fix memory leak on object td Two error return paths are neglecting to free allocated object td, causing a memory leak. Fix this by returning via the error return path that securely kfree's td. Fixes clang scan-build warning: security/keys/trusted-keys/trusted_tpm1.c:496:10: warning: Potential memory leak [unix.Malloc]
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-06-21 16:28 UTC
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 9d83cc1a1e7f494aedee2aa108e801d11525fccf , < 31c9a4b24d86cbb36ff0d7a085725a3b4f0138c8 (git)
Affected: 8cfc8d62942105e5df4a20a15b24da077a6b24ef , < 1c4031014106aff48e1e686e40101c31eab5d44c (git)
Affected: 5df16caada3fba3b21cb09b85cdedf99507f4ec1 , < 3e24fbd37e72e8a67b74991970fecc82d14f57af (git)
Affected: 5df16caada3fba3b21cb09b85cdedf99507f4ec1 , < 83a775d5f9bfda95b1c295f95a3a041a40c7f321 (git)
Affected: 5.10.20 , < 5.10.38 (semver)
Affected: 5.11.3 , < 5.11.22 (semver)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.12
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.12 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.38 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.11.22 , ≤ 5.11.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.12.5 , ≤ 5.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.13 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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