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Debian: CVE-2021-45480: linux -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2021-45480: linux -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
12/24/2021
Created
03/11/2022
Added
03/10/2022
Modified
08/17/2022

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.15.11. There is a memory leak in the __rds_conn_create() function in net/rds/connection.c in a certain combination of circumstances.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux

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