CVE-2021-47236
kernel: net: cdc_eem: fix tx fixup skb leak
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · May 21, 2024
Updated · November 2, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: cdc_eem: fix tx fixup skb leak
when usbnet transmit a skb, eem fixup it in eem_tx_fixup(), if skb_copy_expand() failed, it return NULL, usbnet_start_xmit() will have no chance to free original skb.
fix it by free orginal skb in eem_tx_fixup() first, then check skb clone status, if failed, return NULL to usbnet.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
CWE-402 · Transmission of Private Resources into a New Sphere