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CVE-2021-47403

kernel: ipack: ipoctal: fix module reference leak

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · May 21, 2024

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

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

ipack: ipoctal: fix module reference leak

A reference to the carrier module was taken on every open but was only released once when the final reference to the tty struct was dropped.

Fix this by taking the module reference and initialising the tty driver data when installing the tty.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-401 · Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime