{"cve":"CVE-2021-47523","nvd":{"published":"2024-05-24T15:15:14.743","modified":"2026-06-17T04:17:41.370","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nIB/hfi1: Fix leak of rcvhdrtail_dummy_kvaddr\n\nThis buffer is currently allocated in hfi1_init():\n\n\tif (reinit)\n\t\tret = init_after_reset(dd);\n\telse\n\t\tret = loadtime_init(dd);\n\tif (ret)\n\t\tgoto done;\n\n\t/* allocate dummy tail memory for all receive contexts */\n\tdd->rcvhdrtail_dummy_kvaddr = dma_alloc_coherent(&dd->pcidev->dev,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t sizeof(u64),\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t &dd->rcvhdrtail_dummy_dma,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t GFP_KERNEL);\n\n\tif (!dd->rcvhdrtail_dummy_kvaddr) {\n\t\tdd_dev_err(dd, \"cannot allocate dummy tail memory\\n\");\n\t\tret = -ENOMEM;\n\t\tgoto done;\n\t}\n\nThe reinit triggered path will overwrite the old allocation and leak it.\n\nFix by moving the allocation to hfi1_alloc_devdata() and the deallocation\nto hfi1_free_devdata().","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/2c08271f4ed0e24633b3f81ceff61052b9d45efc","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60a8b5a1611b4a26de4839ab9c1fc2a9cf3e17c1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/834d0fb978643eaf09da425de197cc16a7c2761b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c08271f4ed0e24633b3f81ceff61052b9d45efc","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60a8b5a1611b4a26de4839ab9c1fc2a9cf3e17c1"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:50:30.954589733+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2021-47523","score":0.00239,"percentile":0.15006,"date":"2026-10-31"},"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."]}