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CVE-2021-47403

ipack: ipoctal: fix module reference leak

CVSS 7.1 HIGHEPSS 0.2%CWE-200
Vexday Risk Score
21Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 7.1EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC Nuclei Metasploit Patch
Lifecycle
21 May 2024Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipack: ipoctal: fix module reference leak A reference to the carrier module was taken on every open but was only released once when the final reference to the tty struct was dropped. Fix this by taking the module reference and initialising the tty driver data when installing the tty.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Affected products
Linux · Linux