CVE-2021-47654 - Vulnerability Details

Vendors	Products
Linux	Linux Kernel

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/017196730299ccd6eed24bbfabed8af4ffd81530
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20fbf100f84b9aeb9c91421abe1927bc152bc32b
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66b513b7c64a7290c1fbb88e657f7cece992e131
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025022649-CVE-2021-47654-671d@gregkh/T
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-47654
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47654

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Linux Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses		CWE-401
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
Vendors & Products		Linux Linux linux Kernel

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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Metrics	threat_severity `None`	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'}` threat_severity `Moderate`

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Title		samples/landlock: Fix path_list memory leak
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