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Red Hat: CVE-2021-47466: kernel: mm, slub: fix potential memoryleak in kmem_cache_open() (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2021-47466: kernel: mm, slub: fix potential memoryleak in kmem_cache_open() (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:C)
Published
05/22/2024
Created
09/26/2024
Added
09/25/2024
Modified
09/25/2024

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm, slub: fix potential memoryleak in kmem_cache_open() In error path, the random_seq of slub cache might be leaked. Fix this by using __kmem_cache_release() to release all the relevant resources.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-kernel
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

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