Linux Kernel up to 5.14.9 HID raw_report memory leak

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 5.14.9. This impacts the function raw_report of the component HID. This manipulation causes memory leak. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2021-47405. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.14.9. Affected by this vulnerability is the function raw_report of the component HID. 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: HID: usbhid: free raw_report buffers in usbhid_stop Free the unsent raw_report buffers when the device is removed. Fixes a memory leak reported by syzbot at: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=7b4fa7cb1a7c2d3342a2a8a6c53371c8c418ab47

It is possible to read the advisory at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2021-47405 since 05/21/2024. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 214043 (EulerOS 2.0 SP10 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2025-1007)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 4.4.286, 4.9.285, 4.14.249, 4.19.209, 5.4.151, 5.10.71 or 5.14.10 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 7ce4e4914661/efc5c8d29256/c3156fea4d8a/764ac04de056/965147067fa1/f7ac4d24e161/2b704864c92d/f7744fa16b96 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 (214043) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-1197). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• IBM InfoSphere Guardium
• Oracle Linux
• EMC Avamar
• Dell NetWorker
• IBM Security Guardium
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Broadcom Brocade SANnav
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• IBM Business Automation Workflow
• IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
• IBM QRadar SIEM
• Dell Avamar
• Juniper Junos Space
• IBM DB2
• IBM Storage Scale System
• SolarWinds Security Event Manager
• Dell PowerProtect Data Domain
• Dell PowerProtect Data Domain Management Center
• Dell PowerProtect Data Domain OS

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 4.4.285
• 4.9.284
• 4.14.248
• 4.19.208
• 5.4.150
• 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
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• 5.10.46
• 5.10.47
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• 5.10.49
• 5.10.50
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• 5.10.56
• 5.10.57
• 5.10.58
• 5.10.59
• 5.10.60
• 5.10.61
• 5.10.62
• 5.10.63
• 5.10.64
• 5.10.65
• 5.10.66
• 5.10.67
• 5.10.68
• 5.10.69
• 5.10.70
• 5.14.0
• 5.14.1
• 5.14.2
• 5.14.3
• 5.14.4
• 5.14.5
• 5.14.6
• 5.14.7
• 5.14.8
• 5.14.9

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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