Linux Kernel up to 5.10.36/5.11.20/5.12.3 media venus_probe memory leak

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Linux Kernel up to 5.10.36/5.11.20/5.12.3. This affects the function venus_probe of the component media. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory leak. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2021-47043. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.10.36/5.11.20/5.12.3 (Operating System). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function venus_probe 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: venus: core: Fix some resource leaks in the error path of 'venus_probe()' If an error occurs after a successful 'of_icc_get()' call, it must be undone. Use 'devm_of_icc_get()' instead of 'of_icc_get()' to avoid the leak. Update the remove function accordingly and axe the now unneeded 'icc_put()' calls.

The weakness was released 02/28/2024. The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2021-47043 since 02/27/2024. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 5.10.37, 5.11.21, 5.12.4 or 5.13 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 00b68a747834/940d01eceb3a/711acdf0228d/5a465c5391a8 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.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 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
• 5.10.36
• 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
• 5.11.20
• 5.12.0
• 5.12.1
• 5.12.2
• 5.12.3

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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