CVE-2021-47009 (GCVE-0-2021-47009)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-02-28 08:13
Modified
2025-05-04 07:02
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KEYS: trusted: Fix memory leak on object td Two error return paths are neglecting to free allocated object td, causing a memory leak. Fix this by returning via the error return path that securely kfree's td. Fixes clang scan-build warning: security/keys/trusted-keys/trusted_tpm1.c:496:10: warning: Potential memory leak [unix.Malloc]
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Linux Linux Version: 9d83cc1a1e7f494aedee2aa108e801d11525fccf
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Version: 5df16caada3fba3b21cb09b85cdedf99507f4ec1
Version: 5df16caada3fba3b21cb09b85cdedf99507f4ec1
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