vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2021-47116): linux-fips vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Mar 15, 2024 | Jun 26, 2025 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Mar 15, 2024
Added
Jun 26, 2025
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext4: fix memory leak in ext4_mb_init_backend on error path.
Fix a memory leak discovered by syzbot when a file system is corrupted
with an illegally large s_log_groups_per_flex.
Solution
no-fix-ubuntu-package
References
- CVE-2021-47116
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-47116
- CWE-401
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/linus/a8867f4e3809050571c98de7a2d465aff5e4daf5
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04fb2baa0b147f51db065a1b13a11954abe592d0
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2050c6e5b161e5e25ce3c420fef58b24fa388a49
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8867f4e3809050571c98de7a2d465aff5e4daf5
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47116
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