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CVE-2021-47538

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.24%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2024-05-24 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5. It affects Linux.

CVE
CVE-2021-47538
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.24%
Linux

Original NVD Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: Fix rxrpc_local leak in rxrpc_lookup_peer() Need to call rxrpc_put_local() for peer candidate before kfree() as it holds a ref to rxrpc_local. [DH: v2: Changed to abstract the peer freeing code out into a function]

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