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medium 5.5

CVE-2021-47070 json

uio_hv_generic: Fix another memory leak in error handling paths

published 2024-03-01 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-33718

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 13%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

uio_hv_generic: Fix another memory leak in error handling paths

Memory allocated by 'vmbus_alloc_ring()' at the beginning of the probe function is never freed in the error handling path.

Add the missing 'vmbus_free_ring()' call.

Note that it is already freed in the .remove function.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 5.10.241, 5.12.7, 5.13
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.14.6-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47070

  • linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-186.206
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1126.136
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1130.139
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1073.78
  • linux-iot Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1038.39
  • linux-kvm Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1114.121
  • linux-azure Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1131.138
  • linux-gkeop Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1093.97

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47070

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5 4.12.14-122.216.1
  • kernel-source SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5 4.12.14-122.216.1
  • kernel-default SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP5 +2 more 4.12.14-122.216.1
  • kernel-obs-build SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 4.12.14-122.216.1
  • kernel-rt SLE Real Time 12 SP5 4.12.14-10.182.1
  • kernel-syms-rt SLE Real Time 12 SP5 4.12.14-10.182.1
  • kernel-rt_debug SLE Real Time 12 SP5 4.12.14-10.182.1
  • kernel-source-rt SLE Real Time 12 SP5 4.12.14-10.182.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:1870-1SUSE-SU-2024:1646-1SUSE-SU-2024:1643-1SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1SUSE-SU-2024:1465-1SUSE-SU-2024:1454-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2021-47070 updated cvss 4.4

kernel: uio_hv_generic: Fix another memory leak in error handling paths

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CNA 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
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Sources

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