CVE - CVE-2021-47473

CVE-ID
CVE-2021-47473	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix a memory leak in an error path of qla2x00_process_els() Commit 8c0eb596baa5 ("[SCSI] qla2xxx: Fix a memory leak in an error path of qla2x00_process_els()"), intended to change: bsg_job->request->msgcode == FC_BSG_HST_ELS_NOLOGIN bsg_job->request->msgcode != FC_BSG_RPT_ELS but changed it to: bsg_job->request->msgcode == FC_BSG_RPT_ELS instead. Change the == to a != to avoid leaking the fcport structure or freeing unallocated memory.
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MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fb223d0ad801f633c78cbe42b1d1b55f5d163ad URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fb223d0ad801f633c78cbe42b1d1b55f5d163ad MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96f0aebf29be25254fa585af43924e34aa21fd9a URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96f0aebf29be25254fa585af43924e34aa21fd9a MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7fbb56e6c941d9f59437b96412a348e66388d3e URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7fbb56e6c941d9f59437b96412a348e66388d3e
Assigning CNA
kernel.org
Date Record Created
20240522	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20240522)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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