CVE-2021-47519

2024-05-2415:15:13

CWE-401

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

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cve-2021-47519

nvd

memory leak

linux kernel

m_can_read_fifo

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

6.6 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.1%

JSON

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

can: m_can: m_can_read_fifo: fix memory leak in error branch

In m_can_read_fifo(), if the second call to m_can_fifo_read() fails,
the function jump to the out_fail label and returns without calling
m_can_receive_skb(). This means that the skb previously allocated by
alloc_can_skb() is not freed. In other terms, this is a memory leak.

This patch adds a goto label to destroy the skb if an error occurs.

Issue was found with GCC -fanalyzer, please follow the link below for
details.

Affected configurations

Vulners

NVD

Node

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.15–5.15.8

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.16.0≥

CPENameOperatorVersion
linux:linux_kernellinux linux kernellt5.15.8

CPE	Name	Operator	Version
linux:linux_kernel	linux linux kernel	lt	5.15.8

CNA Affected

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  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "e39381770ec9",
        "lessThan": "75a422165477",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "e39381770ec9",
        "lessThan": "31cb32a590d6",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "5.15",
        "status": "affected"
      },
      {
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "5.15",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.15.8",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.16",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
      }
    ]
  }
]