CVE-2021-45480
Moderate
CVE-2021-45480
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.15.11. There is a memory leak in the __rds_conn_create() function in net/rds/connection.c in a certain combination of circumstances.
Exploit probability
0.4%
Published
December 24, 2021
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2021-45480
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An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.15.11. There is a memory leak in the __rds_conn_create() function in net/rds/connection.c in a certain combination of circumstances.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.11
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5f9562ebe710c307adc5f666bf1a2162ee7977c0
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00012.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5050
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096