Linux Kernel up to 5.12.2 Media imu_fmt memory leak

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.4.117/5.10.35/5.11.19/5.12/5.12.2. It has been declared as critical. The impacted element is the function imu_fmt of the component Media. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory leak. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2021-46944. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.4.117/5.10.35/5.11.19/5.12/5.12.2 (Operating System). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function imu_fmt of the component Media. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: staging/intel-ipu3: Fix memory leak in imu_fmt We are losing the reference to an allocated memory if try. Change the order of the check to avoid that.

The weakness was disclosed 02/27/2024. The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2021-46944 since 02/25/2024. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 247397 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-46944), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 5.4.118, 5.10.36, 5.11.20, 5.12.3 or 5.13 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch ff792ae52005/517f6f570566/14d0e99c3ef6/74ba0adb5e98/3630901933af is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (247397). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 5.0
• 5.1
• 5.2
• 5.3
• 5.4
• 5.4.117
• 5.5
• 5.6
• 5.7
• 5.8
• 5.9
• 5.10
• 5.10.0
• 5.10.1
• 5.10.2
• 5.10.3
• 5.10.4
• 5.10.5
• 5.10.6
• 5.10.7
• 5.10.8
• 5.10.9
• 5.10.10
• 5.10.11
• 5.10.12
• 5.10.13
• 5.10.14
• 5.10.15
• 5.10.16
• 5.10.17
• 5.10.18
• 5.10.19
• 5.10.20
• 5.10.21
• 5.10.22
• 5.10.23
• 5.10.24
• 5.10.25
• 5.10.26
• 5.10.27
• 5.10.28
• 5.10.29
• 5.10.30
• 5.10.31
• 5.10.32
• 5.10.33
• 5.10.34
• 5.10.35
• 5.11
• 5.11.0
• 5.11.1
• 5.11.2
• 5.11.3
• 5.11.4
• 5.11.5
• 5.11.6
• 5.11.7
• 5.11.8
• 5.11.9
• 5.11.10
• 5.11.11
• 5.11.12
• 5.11.13
• 5.11.14
• 5.11.15
• 5.11.16
• 5.11.17
• 5.11.18
• 5.11.19
• 5.12
• 5.12.0
• 5.12.1
• 5.12.2

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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