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CVE-2021-47466

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-47466 is a memory leak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's SLUB allocator, specifically within the kmem_cache_open() function's error handling path. This flaw could lead to the leakage of random_seq data, affecting Linux kernel versions. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), it requires local access with low privileges and has a high impact on availability, though confidentiality and integrity are not directly affected. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.8, < 5.4.156CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5, < 5.10.76CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.11, < 5.14.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
11.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0021 is in the 52nd percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2021-47466Moderate

kernel: mm, slub: fix potential memoryleak in kmem_cache_open()

May 22, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/42b81946e3ac9ea0372ba16e05160dc11e02694f
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/4f5d1c29cfab5cb0ab885059818751bdef32e2bb
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/568f906340b43120abd6fcc67c37396482f85930
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/9037c57681d25e4dcc442d940d6dbe24dd31f461
Patch