CVE-2021-47416

linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: phy: mdio: fix memory leak Syzbot reported memo...

CVE-2021-47416 is fixed in linux on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47416, released May 21, 2024. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
5.5
medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0023
14th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: phy: mdio: fix memory leak Syzbot reported memory leak in MDIO bus interface, the problem was in wrong state logic. MDIOBUS_ALLOCATED indicates 2 states: 1. Bus is only allocated 2. Bus allocated and __mdiobus_register() fails, but device_register() was called In case of device_register() has been called we should call put_device() to correctly free the memory allocated for this device, but mdiobus_free() calls just kfree(dev) in case of MDIOBUS_ALLOCATED state To avoid this behaviour we need to set bus->state to MDIOBUS_UNREGISTERED _before_ calling device_register(), because put_device() should be called even in case of device_register() failure.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 5.14.12-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47416 May 21, 2024
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 5.14.12-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47416 May 21, 2024
linux · Debian 14 5.14.12-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47416 May 21, 2024

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