CVE-2021-47514 devlink: fix netns refcount leak in devlink_nl_cmd_reload()

2024-05-2415:09:28

Linux

www.cve.org

linux kernel

devlink

netns refcount

vulnerability

patch series

devlink_reload

6.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.5%

JSON

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

devlink: fix netns refcount leak in devlink_nl_cmd_reload()

While preparing my patch series adding netns refcount tracking,
I spotted bugs in devlink_nl_cmd_reload()

Some error paths forgot to release a refcount on a netns.

To fix this, we can reduce the scope of get_net()/put_net()
section around the call to devlink_reload().

CNA Affected

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