CVE-2021-47539

kernel: rxrpc: Fix rxrpc_peer leak in rxrpc_look_up_bundle()

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.1

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Published · May 24, 2024

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

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

rxrpc: Fix rxrpc_peer leak in rxrpc_look_up_bundle()

Need to call rxrpc_put_peer() for bundle candidate before kfree() as it holds a ref to rxrpc_peer.

[DH: v2: Changed to abstract out the bundle freeing code into a function]

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 3.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-401 · Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime