CVE-2021-47524

Published: May 24, 2024Modified: Sep 24, 2025

5.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: serial: liteuart: fix minor-number leak on probe errors Make sure to release the allocated minor number before returning on probe errors.

Affected (4)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel

Linux

1 product

Linux Kernel

Configuration A

4 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	From 5.11 to 5.15.7
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 5.16 rc1
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 5.16 rc2
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 5.16 rc3

Related CWEs

CWE-401

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory.

References (4)

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/888fc81107cacd2a4f681bac7bb785cef868214f

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd5e90b16cca8a697cbe17b72e2a5f49291cabb2

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/888fc81107cacd2a4f681bac7bb785cef868214f

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd5e90b16cca8a697cbe17b72e2a5f49291cabb2

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch

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