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CVE-2021-47190

perf bpf: Avoid memory leak from perf_env__insert_btf() PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf bpf: Avoid memory leak from perf_env__insert_btf() perf_env__insert_btf() doesn't insert if a duplicate BTF id is encountered and this causes a memory leak. Modify the function to return a success/error value and then free the memory if insertion didn't happen. v2. Adds a return -1 when the insertion error occurs in perf_env__fetch_btf. This doesn't affect anything as the result is never checked.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Linux / Linuxaffected 3792cb2ff43b1b193136a03ce1336462a827d792 before 642fc22210a5e59d40b1e4d56d21ec3effd401f2; affected 3792cb2ff43b1b193136a03ce1336462a827d792 before 11589d3144bc4e272e0aae46ce8156162e99babc; affected 3792cb2ff43b1b193136a03ce1336462a827d792 before ab7c3d8d81c511ddfb27823fb07081c96422b56e; affected 3792cb2ff43b1b193136a03ce1336462a827d792 before 4924b1f7c46711762fd0e65c135ccfbcfd6ded1f
Linux / Linuxaffected 5.1; unaffected 0 before 5.1; unaffected 5.4.162 through 5.4.*; unaffected 5.10.82 through 5.10.*; unaffected 5.15.5 through 5.15.*; unaffected 5.16 through *

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