CVE-2021-45480

CVSS V2 Medium 4.7 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.15.11. There is a memory leak in the __rds_conn_create() function in net/rds/connection.c in a certain combination of circumstances.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-45480
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-12-24T23:15:07
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-04-06T14:11:00
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-401 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/401.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.15.11
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 4.7
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.11 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5f9562ebe710c307adc5f666bf1a2162ee7977c0 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5050 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00012.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-45480
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-45480
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:29:35 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-06 04:49:39 2021-12-24T23:15Z 2021-12-24T23:15:07 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-06 04:49:39 2022-04-06T14:11:00 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-06 04:49:39 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated