What is CVE-2021-47193?

CVE-2021-47193 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-04-10.

How severe is CVE-2021-47193?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-47193 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2021-47193

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: pm80xx: Fix memory leak during rmmod Driver failed to release all memory allocated. This would lead to memory leak during driver removal. Properly free memory whe…

EPSS: 0.002 (13.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 5a141315ed7c2647fa4518570c4941a02588b466, 5.10, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

Public proof-of-concept exploits

w4zu/Debian_

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-47193?: CVE-2021-47193 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-04-10.
How severe is CVE-2021-47193?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-47193 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.