Linux Kernel up to 5.12.8 include/linux/slab.h smsc75xx_bind memory leak

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.12.8. It has been rated as critical. Impacted is the function smsc75xx_bind in the library include/linux/slab.h. This manipulation causes memory leak. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2021-47171. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel up to 5.12.8 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function smsc75xx_bind in the library include/linux/slab.h. 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. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: usb: fix memory leak in smsc75xx_bind Syzbot reported memory leak in smsc75xx_bind(). The problem was is non-freed memory in case of errors after memory allocation. backtrace: [] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:556 [inline] [] kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:686 [inline] [] smsc75xx_bind+0x7a/0x334 drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c:1460 [] usbnet_probe+0x3b6/0xc30 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:1728

The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2021-47171. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 247814 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-47171), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 4.4.271, 4.9.271, 4.14.235, 4.19.193, 5.4.124, 5.10.42, 5.12.9 or 5.13 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 200dbfcad801/22c840596af0/9e6b8c1ff9d9/9e6a3eccb287/b95fb96e6339/635ac38b3625/70c886ac93f8/46a8b29c6306 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 databases at Tenable (247814) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-0699). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• EMC Avamar
• Dell NetWorker
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 4.4.270
• 4.9.270
• 4.14.234
• 4.19.192
• 5.4.123
• 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
• 5.10.37
• 5.10.38
• 5.10.39
• 5.10.40
• 5.10.41
• 5.12.0
• 5.12.1
• 5.12.2
• 5.12.3
• 5.12.4
• 5.12.5
• 5.12.6
• 5.12.7
• 5.12.8

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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