CVE-2021-47529

2024-05-2415:15:15

CWE-401

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

web.nvd.nist.gov

linux kernel

iwlwifi

memory leaks

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

6.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.1%

JSON

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

iwlwifi: Fix memory leaks in error handling path

Should an error occur (invalid TLV len or memory allocation failure), the
memory already allocated in ‘reduce_power_data’ should be freed before
returning, otherwise it is leaking.

Affected configurations

Vulners

NVD

Node

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.14–5.15.7

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.16.0≥

CPENameOperatorVersion
linux:linux_kernellinux linux kernellt5.15.7

CPE	Name	Operator	Version
linux:linux_kernel	linux linux kernel	lt	5.15.7

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/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/fw/uefi.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "9dad325f9d57",
        "lessThan": "4768935c2540",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "9dad325f9d57",
        "lessThan": "a571bc28326d",
        "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/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/fw/uefi.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "5.14",
        "status": "affected"
      },
      {
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "5.14",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.15.7",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.16",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
      }
    ]
  }
]