Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: hamradio: Fixed a memory leak in mkissclose. My local syzbot instance encountered a memory leak in mkissopen1. The issue arose from the missing freenetdev call in mkissclose. In mkissopen, netdevice is allocated and then...

OESA-2026-2673 kernel security update

The Linux Kernel, the operating system core itself. Security Fixes: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: hamradio: fix memory leak in mkissclose My local syzbot instance hit memory leak in mkissopen1. The problem was in missing freenetdev in mkissclose. In...

Unity Linux 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-988776)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-988776 advisory. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: hamradio: fix memory leak in mkissclose My local syzbot instance hit memory leak in...

Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-986944)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-986944 advisory. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: hamradio: fix memory leak in mkissclose My local syzbot instance hit memory leak in...

mkiss_close() Function Heap Buffer Overflow DoS

Vulnerability of the mkissclose function in the drivers/net/hamradio/mkiss.c module – The Linux kernel-based network adapter driver has a vulnerability related to improper memory release before deleting the last reference „memory leak“. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to...

SUSE CVE-2021-47237

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: hamradio: fix memory leak in mkissclose My local syzbot instance hit memory leak in mkissopen1. The problem was in missing freenetdev in mkissclose. In mkissopen netdevice is allocated and then registered, but in mkissclose...

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47237

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: hamradio: fix memory leak in mkissclose My local syzbot instance hit memory leak in mkissopen1. The problem was in missing freenetdev in mkissclose. In mkissopen netdevice is allocated and then registered, but in mkissclose...

PT-2021-25395

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux Kernel versions 2.6.14 through 5.4.127 Description: A memory leak was discovered in the mkiss close function. The issue was introduced in version 2.6.14 and is fixed in version 5.4.128. The actual impact and attack plausibility have not...

PT-2021-29389

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux Kernel versions prior to v5.4.128 Description A memory leak issue was discovered in the mkiss close function. The actual impact and attack plausibility have not yet been proven. This issue was introduced in version v2.6.14 and fixed in...

PT-2021-29535

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux Kernel versions prior to v5.12.13 Description A memory leak issue was discovered in the mkiss close function. The actual impact and attack plausibility have not yet been proven. This issue was introduced in version v2.6.14 and is fixed i...

PT-2021-25541

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux Kernel versions 2.6.14 through 5.12.12 Description: A memory leak issue was discovered in the mkiss close function. The actual impact and attack plausibility have not yet been proven. This issue was introduced in version 2.6.14 and fixe...

PT-2024-11245

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description A memory leak vulnerability has been resolved in the Linux kernel. The issue was caused by a missing free netdev call in the mkiss close function, which led to a memory leak when the mki...