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CVE-2021-3892

kernel: memory leak in fib6_rule_suppress could result in DoS

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Severity

Unknown

Red Hat Product Security

0

CVSS 3.1

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Published · October 3, 2019

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

A memory leak flaw was reported in firewalld when IPv6_rpfilter is enabled and a suppress_prefix rule is present in the IPv6 routing rules. In such scenarios, every incoming packet will leak an allocation in ip6_dst_cache slab cache.

Statement

This flaw was found to be a duplicate of CVE-2019-18198. Please see https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-18198 for information about affected products and security errata.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 0
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N

CWE-401 · Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime