5.5
CVSSv3

CVE-2021-47519

Published: 24/05/2024 Updated: 10/06/2024
CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 1.8

Vulnerability Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: m_can: m_can_read_fifo: fix memory leak in error branch In m_can_read_fifo(), if the second call to m_can_fifo_read() fails, the function jump to the out_fail label and returns without calling m_can_receive_skb(). This means that the skb previously allocated by alloc_can_skb() is not freed. In other terms, this is a memory leak. This patch adds a goto label to destroy the skb if an error occurs. Issue was found with GCC -fanalyzer, please follow the link below for details.

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