5.5

CVE-2021-46996

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

netfilter: nftables: Fix a memleak from userdata error path in new objects

Release object name if userdata allocation fails.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.10 < 5.10.38
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.11 < 5.11.22
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.12 < 5.12.5
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.04% 0.073
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory.