iwlwifi: Fix memory leaks in error handling path (Linux Linux)

CVE-2021-47529
MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.21 % · percentile 11 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iwlwifi: Fix memory leaks in error handling path Should an error occur (invalid TLV len or memory allocation failure), the memory already allocated in 'reduce_power_data' should be freed before returning, otherwise it is leaking.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 9dad325f9d57508b154f0bebbc341a8528e5729c < 4768935c25403ba96e7a745645df24a51a774b7e ; affected 9dad325f9d57508b154f0bebbc341a8528e5729c < a571bc28326d9f3e13f5f2d9cda2883e0631b0ce
Linux · Linuxaffected 5.14 ; unaffected 0 < 5.14 ; unaffected 5.15.7 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 5.16 ≤ *

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD