CVE-2021-47538
Moderate
CVE-2021-47538
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: Fix rxrpc_local leak in rxrpc_lookup_peer() Need to call rxrpc_put_local() for peer candidate before kfree() as it holds a ref to rxrpc_local. [DH: v2: Changed to abstract the peer freeing code out into a function]
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
May 24, 2024
Required by
Not available
Last source change
March 15, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2021-47538
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: Fix rxrpc_local leak in rxrpc_lookup_peer() Need to call rxrpc_put_local() for peer candidate before kfree() as it holds a ref to rxrpc_local. [DH: v2: Changed to abstract the peer freeing code out into a function]
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e70e3a72d80b16094faccbe438cd53761c3503a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60f0b9c42cb80833a03ca57c1c8b078d716e71d1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/913c24af2d13a3fd304462916ee98e298d56bdce
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9469273e616ca8f1b6e3773c5019f21b4c8d828c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/beacff50edbd6c9659a6f15fc7f6126909fade29