Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-47417

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: libbpf: Fix memory leak in strset Free struct strset itself, not just its internal parts...

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47417

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: libbpf: Fix memory leak in strset Free struct strset itself, not just its internal parts...

CVE-2021-47417

CVE-2021-47417 refers to a Linux kernel memory-leak issue in libbpf’s strset management. The vulnerability arises from freeing only internal parts previously, not the strset structure itself, allowing a memory leak. The CVE description and connected advisories confirm this root cause and indicate...