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GHSA-6CCP-3692-J6FR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-03-02 00:31 – Updated: 2024-12-12 15:31

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nvme-loop: fix memory leak in nvme_loop_create_ctrl()

When creating loop ctrl in nvme_loop_create_ctrl(), if nvme_init_ctrl() fails, the loop ctrl should be freed before jumping to the "out" label.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2021-47074 (GCVE-0-2021-47074)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-01 21:15 – Updated: 2026-05-11 13:47

Title

nvme-loop: fix memory leak in nvme_loop_create_ctrl()

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme-loop: fix memory leak in nvme_loop_create_ctrl() When creating loop ctrl in nvme_loop_create_ctrl(), if nvme_init_ctrl() fails, the loop ctrl should be freed before jumping to the "out" label.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-08-15 19:25 UTC

Assigner

Linux CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard D 53/100 over 6843 records in the last 180 days details

References

3 references

URL	Tags
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/551ba08d4b7eb26f7…
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Impacted products

2 products

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Linux	Linux	Affected: 4.8 Unaffected: 0 , < 4.8 (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.40 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.12.7 , ≤ 5.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.13 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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