CVE-2021-29649

medium

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.11.11. The user mode driver (UMD) has a copy_process() memory leak, related to a lack of cleanup steps in kernel/usermode_driver.c and kernel/bpf/preload/bpf_preload_kern.c, aka CID-f60a85cad677.

References

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.11.11

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f60a85cad677c4f9bb4cadd764f1d106c38c7cf8

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/RZGMUP6QEHJJEKPMLKOSPWYMW7PXFC2M/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VTADK5ELGTATGW2RK3K5MBJ2WGYCPZCM/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WKRNELXLVFDY6Y5XDMWLIH3VKIMQXLLR/

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2021-03-30

Updated: 2021-04-05

Type: CWE-401

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Impact Score: 6.9

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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

Impact Score: 3.6

Exploitability Score: 1.8

Severity: MEDIUM