{"cve":"CVE-2021-47624","nvd":{"published":"2024-07-16T12:15:02.553","modified":"2026-06-17T04:18:11.440","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/sunrpc: fix reference count leaks in rpc_sysfs_xprt_state_change\n\nThe refcount leak issues take place in an error handling path. When the\n3rd argument buf doesn't match with \"offline\", \"online\" or \"remove\", the\nfunction simply returns -EINVAL and forgets to decrease the reference\ncount of a rpc_xprt object and a rpc_xprt_switch object increased by\nrpc_sysfs_xprt_kobj_get_xprt() and\nrpc_sysfs_xprt_kobj_get_xprt_switch(), causing reference count leaks of\nboth unused objects.\n\nFix this issue by jumping to the error handling path labelled with\nout_put when buf matches none of \"offline\", \"online\" or \"remove\".","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H","score":7.1},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b22aa42bd4d2d630ef1854c139275c3532937cb","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f6024c05a2c0fdd180b29395aaf686d25af3a0f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/776d794f28c95051bc70405a7b1fa40115658a18","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b22aa42bd4d2d630ef1854c139275c3532937cb","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f6024c05a2c0fdd180b29395aaf686d25af3a0f"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:52:42.518321223+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2021-47624","score":0.00237,"percentile":0.14794,"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."]}