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CVE-2021-47473

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CVE-2021-47473

Published: May 22, 2024

Modified: May 11, 2026

PUBLISHED

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.

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux

affected
8c0eb596baa51f2b43949c698c644727ef17805c - < 96f0aebf29be25254fa585af43924e34aa21fd9a
affected
8c0eb596baa51f2b43949c698c644727ef17805c - < a7fbb56e6c941d9f59437b96412a348e66388d3e
affected
8c0eb596baa51f2b43949c698c644727ef17805c - < 7fb223d0ad801f633c78cbe42b1d1b55f5d163ad

Linux

Linux

affected
3.11
unaffected
0 - < 3.11
unaffected
5.10.76 - <= 5.10.*
unaffected
5.14.15 - <= 5.14.*
unaffected
5.15 - <= *

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