CVE-2021-45480 (GCVE-0-2021-45480)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-24 22:55 – Updated: 2024-08-04 04:39
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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)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
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