5.5

CVE-2021-47093

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

platform/x86: intel_pmc_core: fix memleak on registration failure

In case device registration fails during module initialisation, the
platform device structure needs to be freed using platform_device_put()
to properly free all resources (e.g. the device name).
Data is provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 5.9 < 5.10.89
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 5.11 < 5.15.12
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version5.16 Updaterc1
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version5.16 Updaterc2
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version5.16 Updaterc3
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version5.16 Updaterc4
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version5.16 Updaterc5
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version5.16 Updaterc6
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Type Source Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.01% 0.008
CVSS Metriken
Source 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.