CVE-2021-45480 Information

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.15.11. There is a memory leak in the __rds_conn_create() function in net/rds/connection.c in a certain combination of circumstances.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.11 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5f9562ebe710c307adc5f666bf1a2162ee7977c0 https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5050 https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00012.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.5