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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2021-47287 json

driver core: auxiliary bus: Fix memory leak when driver_register() fail

published 2024-05-21 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-34292

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 9%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

driver core: auxiliary bus: Fix memory leak when driver_register() fail

If driver_register() returns with error we need to free the memory allocated for auxdrv->driver.name before returning from __auxiliary_driver_register()

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 5.13.6, 5.14
  • kernel RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10
  • perf RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10
  • bpftool RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10
  • kernel-core RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10
  • kernel-tools RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10
  • python3-perf RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10
  • kernel-modules RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10
  • kernel-zfcpdump RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:7000RHSA-2024:7001

  • kernel AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10
  • perf AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10
  • bpftool AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10
  • kernel-core AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10
  • kernel-tools AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10
  • python3-perf AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10
  • kernel-modules AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10
  • kernel-zfcpdump AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10

almalinux advisories ALSA-2024:7000ALSA-2024:7001

  • kernel Rocky Linux 8 4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10
  • kernel-rt Rocky Linux 8 4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2024:7000RLSA-2024:7001

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-2021-47287 updated cvss 5.5

kernel: driver core: auxiliary bus: Fix memory leak when driver_register() fail

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) perf 4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10, kernel 4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10, bpftool 4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10, kernel-core 4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10, kernel-tools 4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10, python3-perf 4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10, +15 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:7000
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10, kernel-rt-kvm 4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-modules 4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10, kernel-rt-modules-extra 4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:7001
  • Red Hat OpenShift AI 8 rhoai/odh-rhel8-operator v2.13.1-2, rhoai/odh-dashboard-rhel8 v2.13.1-1, rhoai/odh-modelmesh-rhel8 v2.13.1-1, rhoai/odh-operator-bundle v2.13.1-2, rhoai/odh-rhel8-operator v2.14.0-24, rhoai/odh-dashboard-rhel8 v2.14.0-11, +56 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2024:8413
  • 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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +82 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

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

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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