Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-47294

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: netrom: Decrease sock refcount when sock timers expire Commit 63346650c1a9 netrom: switch to...

CVE-2021-47294

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's NetRom subsystem. This issue arises when socket timers expire, if the timer handler does not decrease the socket reference count as needed, the socket reference count becomes unbalanced. This can result in the socket not being freed properly,...

CVE-2021-47294

The CVE-2021-47294 issue affects the Linux kernel NETROM implementation where sock timer handling changed to sock timer API. sk_reset_timer() may increase the sock refcount when called on an inactive timer, so if the timer expires the handler must decrease the refcount to avoid a leak. A patch (c...