Linux Kernel up to 5.10.36/5.11.20/5.12.3 sun8i-ss memory leak

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Linux Kernel up to 5.10.36/5.11.20/5.12.3. Affected is an unknown function of the component sun8i-ss. The manipulation leads to memory leak. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2021-47053. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 5.10.36/5.11.20/5.12.3 (Operating System). This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component sun8i-ss. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: sun8i-ss - Fix memory leak of pad It appears there are several failure return paths that don't seem to be free'ing pad. Fix these. Addresses-Coverity: ("Resource leak")

The weakness was shared 02/28/2024. The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-47053 since 02/27/2024. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 5.10.37, 5.11.21, 5.12.4 or 5.13 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 2c67a9333da9/c633e025bd04/d3d702084d12/50274b01ac16 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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