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CVE-2021-47292 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring: fix memleak in io_init_wq_offload() I got memory leak report when doing fuzz test: BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xffff888107310a80 (size 96): comm "syz-executor.6", pid 4610, jiffies 4295140240 (age 20.135s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 ad 4e ad de ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 .....N.......... backtrace: [<000000001974933b>] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:591 [inline] [<000000001974933b>] kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:721 [inline] [<000000001974933b>] io_init_wq_offload fs/io_uring.c:7920 [inline] [<000000001974933b>] io_uring_alloc_task_context+0x466/0x640 fs/io_uring.c:7955 [<0000000039d0800d>] __io_uring_add_tctx_node+0x256/0x360 fs/io_uring.c:9016 [<000000008482e78c>] io_uring_add_tctx_node fs/io_uring.c:9052 [inline] [<000000008482e78c>] __do_sys_io_uring_enter fs/io_uring.c:9354 [inline] [<000000008482e78c>] __se_sys_io_uring_enter fs/io_uring.c:9301 [inline] [<000000008482e78c>] __x64_sys_io_uring_enter+0xabc/0xc20 fs/io_uring.c:9301 [<00000000b875f18f>] do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] [<00000000b875f18f>] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 [<000000006b0a8484>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae CPU0 CPU1 io_uring_enter io_uring_enter io_uring_add_tctx_node io_uring_add_tctx_node __io_uring_add_tctx_node __io_uring_add_tctx_node io_uring_alloc_task_context io_uring_alloc_task_context io_init_wq_offload io_init_wq_offload hash = kzalloc hash = kzalloc ctx->hash_map = hash ctx->hash_map = hash <- one of the hash is leaked When calling io_uring_enter() in parallel, the 'hash_map' will be leaked, add uring_lock to protect 'hash_map'.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/362a9e65289284f36403058eea2462d0330c1f24 CVE, kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/502731a03f27cba1513fbbff77e508185ffce5bb CVE, kernel.org Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-47292
NVD Published Date:
05/21/2024
NVD Last Modified:
06/17/2026
Source:
kernel.org