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medium 5.3

CVE-2021-47075 json

nvmet: fix memory leak in nvmet_alloc_ctrl()

published 2024-03-01 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-33723

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 60%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

nvmet: fix memory leak in nvmet_alloc_ctrl()

When creating ctrl in nvmet_alloc_ctrl(), if the cntlid_min is larger than cntlid_max of the subsystem, and jumps to the "out_free_changed_ns_list" label, but the ctrl->sqs lack of be freed. Fix this by jumping to the "out_free_sqs" label.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 5.10.40, 5.12.7, 5.13
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.10.40-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47075

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-2021-47075 updated cvss 4.4

kernel: nvmet: fix memory leak in nvmet_alloc_ctrl()

  • 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

0.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CNA 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

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

Sources

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