Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.11.11. The user mode driver (UMD) has a copy_process() memory leak, related to a lack of cleanup steps in kernel/usermode_driver.c and kernel/bpf/preload/bpf_preload_kern.c, aka CID-f60a85cad677.

Related CPE's

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linux

linux_kernel

Vulnerable

o

fedoraproject

fedora

3

References

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.11.11

Mailing ListPatchVendor Advisory

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f60a85cad677c4f9bb4cadd764f1d106c38c7cf8

Mailing ListPatchVendor Advisory

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RZGMUP6QEHJJEKPMLKOSPWYMW7PXFC2M/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VTADK5ELGTATGW2RK3K5MBJ2WGYCPZCM/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WKRNELXLVFDY6Y5XDMWLIH3VKIMQXLLR/

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.11.11

Mailing ListPatchVendor Advisory

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f60a85cad677c4f9bb4cadd764f1d106c38c7cf8

Mailing ListPatchVendor Advisory

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RZGMUP6QEHJJEKPMLKOSPWYMW7PXFC2M/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VTADK5ELGTATGW2RK3K5MBJ2WGYCPZCM/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WKRNELXLVFDY6Y5XDMWLIH3VKIMQXLLR/

Weaknesses

[email protected]

Primary
CWE-401

CVSS impact metrics

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

5.5 · Medium

Information

Source identifier

[email protected]

Vulnerability status

Modified

Published

2021-03-30T21:15:14.343Z

5 years ago

Last modified

2026-06-17T03:48:05.197Z

3 months ago