Vulnerability Details : CVE-2021-47024
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
vsock/virtio: free queued packets when closing socket
As reported by syzbot [1], there is a memory leak while closing the
socket. We partially solved this issue with commit ac03046ece2b
("vsock/virtio: free packets during the socket release"), but we
forgot to drain the RX queue when the socket is definitely closed by
the scheduled work.
To avoid future issues, let's use the new virtio_transport_remove_sock()
to drain the RX queue before removing the socket from the af_vsock lists
calling vsock_remove_sock().
[1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=24452624fc4c571eedd9
Products affected by CVE-2021-47024
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-47024
0.05%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 12 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2021-47024
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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5.5
|
MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
1.8
|
3.6
|
NIST | 2024-12-06 |
CWE ids for CVE-2021-47024
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The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2021-47024
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8432b8114957235f42e070a16118a7f750de9d39
vsock/virtio: free queued packets when closing socket - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable treePatch
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27691665145e74a45034a9dccf1150cf1894763a
vsock/virtio: free queued packets when closing socket - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable treePatch
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b605673b523fe33abeafb2136759bcbc9c1e6ebf
vsock/virtio: free queued packets when closing socket - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable treePatch
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37c38674ef2f8d7e8629e5d433c37d6c1273d16b
vsock/virtio: free queued packets when closing socket - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable treePatch
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