CVE-2021-47075

kernel: nvmet: fix memory leak in nvmet_alloc_ctrl()

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

4.4

CVSS 3.1

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Published · March 1, 2024

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

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

nvmet: fix memory leak in nvmet_alloc_ctrl()

When creating ctrl in nvmet_alloc_ctrl(), if the cntlid_min is larger than cntlid_max of the subsystem, and jumps to the "out_free_changed_ns_list" label, but the ctrl->sqs lack of be freed. Fix this by jumping to the "out_free_sqs" label.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 4.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CWE-402 · Transmission of Private Resources into a New Sphere ('Resource Leak')