What is CVE-2021-47313?

CVE-2021-47313 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2024-05-21.

How severe is CVE-2021-47313?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Linux

CVE-2021-47313

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: CPPC: Fix potential memleak in cppc_cpufreq_cpu_init It's a classic example of memleak, we allocate something, we fail and never free the resources. Make sure we free all resources on policy ->init() failures.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.003 (17.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions a28b2bfc099c6b9caa6ef697660408e076a32019, 5.11, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-47313?: CVE-2021-47313 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2024-05-21.
How severe is CVE-2021-47313?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.