1220652 – (CVE-2021-46996) VUL-0: CVE-2021-46996: kernel: netfilter: nftables: memory leak from userdata error path in new objects

Bug 1220652 (CVE-2021-46996) - VUL-0: CVE-2021-46996: kernel: netfilter: nftables: memory leak from userdata error path in new objects

Summary: VUL-0: CVE-2021-46996: kernel: netfilter: nftables: memory leak from userdata...

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	CVE-2021-46996

Product:	SUSE Security Incidents
Classification:	Novell Products
Component:	Incidents (show other bugs)
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other Other

Priority:	P5 - None Severity: Normal
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Assignee:	Kernel Bugs
QA Contact:	Security Team bot

URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/395445/
Whiteboard:	CVSSv3.1:SUSE:CVE-2021-46996:4.1:(AV:...
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Reported:	2024-02-29 10:23 UTC by SMASH SMASH
Modified:	2024-02-29 10:23 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description SMASH SMASH 2024-02-29 10:23:34 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: nftables: Fix a memleak from userdata error path in new objects

Release object name if userdata allocation fails.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2021-46996
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-46996
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c784a500f5edd337258b0fdb2f31bc9abde1a23
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59fa98bfa1f4013d658d990cac88c87b46ff410c
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85dfd816fabfc16e71786eda0a33a7046688b5b0
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd3bebf515f336214a91994348a2b86b9a1d3d7f

Comment 1 Carlos López 2024-02-29 10:23:49 UTC

Already fixed in affected branches (cve/linux-5.14, SLE15-SP6, stable and master). Closing.