CVE-2021-47186
kernel: tipc: check for null after calling kmemdup
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · April 10, 2024
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tipc: check for null after calling kmemdup
kmemdup can return a null pointer so need to check for it, otherwise the null key will be dereferenced later in tipc_crypto_key_xmit as can be seen in the trace [1].
[1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=bca180abb29567b189efdbdb34cbf7ba851c2a58
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-690 · Unchecked Return Value to NULL Pointer Dereference