{"cve":"CVE-2021-47516","nvd":{"published":"2024-05-24T15:15:13.130","modified":"2026-06-17T04:17:40.393","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnfp: Fix memory leak in nfp_cpp_area_cache_add()\n\nIn line 800 (#1), nfp_cpp_area_alloc() allocates and initializes a\nCPP area structure. But in line 807 (#2), when the cache is allocated\nfailed, this CPP area structure is not freed, which will result in\nmemory leak.\n\nWe can fix it by freeing the CPP area when the cache is allocated\nfailed (#2).\n\n792 int nfp_cpp_area_cache_add(struct nfp_cpp *cpp, size_t size)\n793 {\n794 \tstruct nfp_cpp_area_cache *cache;\n795 \tstruct nfp_cpp_area *area;\n\n800\tarea = nfp_cpp_area_alloc(cpp, NFP_CPP_ID(7, NFP_CPP_ACTION_RW, 0),\n801 \t\t\t\t  0, size);\n\t// #1: allocates and initializes\n\n802 \tif (!area)\n803 \t\treturn -ENOMEM;\n\n805 \tcache = kzalloc(sizeof(*cache), GFP_KERNEL);\n806 \tif (!cache)\n807 \t\treturn -ENOMEM; // #2: missing free\n\n817\treturn 0;\n818 }","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-401"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e0e072e62fdaf7816220af08e05c020f0fcb77a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e93abcdcec0436fbf0b6a88ae806902426895a2","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/484069b5de9d223cc1c64c6f80389a99cfef51f1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c56c96303e9289cc34716b1179597b6f470833de","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb51f639ef3fd5498b7def290ed8681b6aadd9a7"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:50:30.954589733+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2021-47516","score":0.0024,"percentile":0.1513,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}