CVE-2021-45480

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.15.11. There is a memory leak in the __rds_conn_create() function in net/rds/connection.c in a certain combination of circumstances.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-401

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.11Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5f9562ebe710c307adc5f666bf1a2162ee7977c0Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00012.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5050Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096Third Party Advisory
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.11Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5f9562ebe710c307adc5f666bf1a2162ee7977c0Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00012.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5050Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Dec 24, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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