{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2021-47237", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2024-04-10T18:59:19.531Z", "datePublished": "2024-05-21T14:19:38.396Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T13:50:36.850Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T13:50:36.850Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: hamradio: fix memory leak in mkiss_close\n\nMy local syzbot instance hit memory leak in\nmkiss_open()[1]. The problem was in missing\nfree_netdev() in mkiss_close().\n\nIn mkiss_open() netdevice is allocated and then\nregistered, but in mkiss_close() netdevice was\nonly unregistered, but not freed.\n\nFail log:\n\nBUG: memory leak\nunreferenced object 0xffff8880281ba000 (size 4096):\n comm \"syz-executor.1\", pid 11443, jiffies 4295046091 (age 17.660s)\n hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n 61 78 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ax0.............\n 00 27 fa 2a 80 88 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .'.*............\n backtrace:\n [] kvmalloc_node+0x61/0xf0\n [] alloc_netdev_mqs+0x98/0xe80\n [] mkiss_open+0xb2/0x6f0 [1]\n [] tty_ldisc_open+0x9b/0x110\n [] tty_set_ldisc+0x2e8/0x670\n [] tty_ioctl+0xda3/0x1440\n [] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x193/0x200\n [] do_syscall_64+0x3a/0xb0\n [] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae\n\nBUG: memory leak\nunreferenced object 0xffff8880141a9a00 (size 96):\n comm \"syz-executor.1\", pid 11443, jiffies 4295046091 (age 17.660s)\n hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n e8 a2 1b 28 80 88 ff ff e8 a2 1b 28 80 88 ff ff ...(.......(....\n 98 92 9c aa b0 40 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .....@..........\n backtrace:\n [] __hw_addr_create_ex+0x5b/0x310\n [] __hw_addr_add_ex+0x1f8/0x2b0\n [] dev_addr_init+0x10b/0x1f0\n [] alloc_netdev_mqs+0x13b/0xe80\n [] mkiss_open+0xb2/0x6f0 [1]\n [] tty_ldisc_open+0x9b/0x110\n [] tty_set_ldisc+0x2e8/0x670\n [] tty_ioctl+0xda3/0x1440\n [] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x193/0x200\n [] do_syscall_64+0x3a/0xb0\n [] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae\n\nBUG: memory leak\nunreferenced object 0xffff8880219bfc00 (size 512):\n comm \"syz-executor.1\", pid 11443, jiffies 4295046091 (age 17.660s)\n hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n 00 a0 1b 28 80 88 ff ff 80 8f b1 8d ff ff ff ff ...(............\n 80 8f b1 8d ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................\n backtrace:\n [] kvmalloc_node+0x61/0xf0\n [] alloc_netdev_mqs+0x777/0xe80\n [] mkiss_open+0xb2/0x6f0 [1]\n [] tty_ldisc_open+0x9b/0x110\n [] tty_set_ldisc+0x2e8/0x670\n [] tty_ioctl+0xda3/0x1440\n [] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x193/0x200\n [] do_syscall_64+0x3a/0xb0\n [] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae\n\nBUG: memory leak\nunreferenced object 0xffff888029b2b200 (size 256):\n comm \"syz-executor.1\", pid 11443, jiffies 4295046091 (age 17.660s)\n hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................\n 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................\n backtrace:\n [] kvmalloc_node+0x61/0xf0\n [] alloc_netdev_mqs+0x912/0xe80\n [] mkiss_open+0xb2/0x6f0 [1]\n [] tty_ldisc_open+0x9b/0x110\n [] tty_set_ldisc+0x2e8/0x670\n [] tty_ioctl+0xda3/0x1440\n [] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x193/0x200\n [] do_syscall_64+0x3a/0xb0\n [] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae" } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/net/hamradio/mkiss.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": 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