CVE-2021-47455

ptp: Fix possible memory leak in ptp_clock_register()

Published May 22, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ptp: Fix possible memory leak in ptp_clock_register()

I got memory leak as follows when doing fault injection test:

unreferenced object 0xffff88800906c618 (size 8):
comm "i2c-idt82p33931", pid 4421, jiffies 4294948083 (age 13.188s)
hex dump (first 8 bytes):
70 74 70 30 00 00 00 00 ptp0....
backtrace:
[<00000000312ed458>] __kmalloc_track_caller+0x19f/0x3a0
[<0000000079f6e2ff>] kvasprintf+0xb5/0x150
[<0000000026aae54f>] kvasprintf_const+0x60/0x190
[<00000000f323a5f7>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x56/0x150
[<000000004e35abdd>] dev_set_name+0xc0/0x100
[<00000000f20cfe25>] ptp_clock_register+0x9f4/0xd30 [ptp]
[<000000008bb9f0de>] idt82p33_probe.cold+0x8b6/0x1561 [ptp_idt82p33]

When posix_clock_register() returns an error, the name allocated
in dev_set_name() will be leaked, the put_device() should be used
to give up the device reference, then the name will be freed in
kobject_cleanup() and other memory will be freed in ptp_clock_release().

Analysis

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4327-1 linux security update
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses CWE-401
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::nfv
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses
  • CWE-401

    Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Published
Updated
May 23, 2026, 3:20 PM
Reserved
May 21, 2024, 2:58 PM
Status
Modified
Published
May 22, 2024, 7:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:17 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
May 22, 2024, 12:00 AM