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

IB/hfi1: Fix leak of rcvhdrtail_dummy_kvaddr

This buffer is currently allocated in hfi1_init():

if (reinit)
ret = init_after_reset(dd);
else
ret = loadtime_init(dd);
if (ret)
goto done;

/* allocate dummy tail memory for all receive contexts */
dd->rcvhdrtail_dummy_kvaddr = dma_alloc_coherent(&dd->pcidev->dev,
sizeof(u64),
&dd->rcvhdrtail_dummy_dma,
GFP_KERNEL);

if (!dd->rcvhdrtail_dummy_kvaddr) {
dd_dev_err(dd, "cannot allocate dummy tail memory\n");
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto done;
}

The reinit triggered path will overwrite the old allocation and leak it.

Fix by moving the allocation to hfi1_alloc_devdata() and the deallocation
to hfi1_free_devdata().
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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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History

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 19:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-401
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

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'}


Mon, 04 Nov 2024 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-04T07:12:48.778Z

Reserved: 2024-05-24T15:02:54.825Z

Link: CVE-2021-47523

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T05:39:59.792Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-05-24T15:15:14.743

Modified: 2025-09-24T19:38:33.050

Link: CVE-2021-47523

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-05-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-47523 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-12T22:00:46Z