CVE-2021-47671

can: etas_es58x: es58x_rx_err_msg(): fix memory leak in error path

Low · published April 17, 2025

CVSS v3.1
3.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
7.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

can: etas_es58x: es58x_rx_err_msg(): fix memory leak in error path

In es58x_rx_err_msg(), if can->do_set_mode() fails, the function

directly returns without calling netif_rx(skb). This means that the

skb previously allocated by alloc_can_err_skb() is not freed. In other

terms, this is a memory leak.

This patch simply removes the return statement in the error branch and

let the function continue.

Issue was found with GCC -fanalyzer, please follow the link below for

details.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
3.3 · LOW
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00182 · 7.4th percentile
Published
2025-04-17T18:01Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 APR 18:01Z
    can: etas_es58x: es58x_rx_err_msg(): fix memory leak in error path
    cvelistv5