HomeVulnerabilitiesCVE-2021-47119
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CVE-2021-47119

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix memory leak in ext4_fill_super Buffer head references must be released before calling kill_bdev(); otherwise the buffer head (and its page referenced by b_data) will not be freed by kill_bdev, and subsequently that bh will be leaked. If blocksizes differ, sb_set_blocksize() will kill current buffers and page cache by using kill_bdev(). And then super block will be reread again but using correct blocksize this time. sb_set_blocksize() didn't fully free superblock page and buffer head, and being busy, they were not freed and instead leaked. This can easily be reproduced by calling an infinite loop of: systemctl start .mount, and systemctl stop .mount ... since systemd creates a cgroup for each slice which it mounts, and the bh leak get amplified by a dying memory cgroup that also never gets freed, and memory consumption is much more easily noticed.

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Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low Priority
0.01%

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0% (Theoretical)100% (Certainty)

7-Day Exploitation Trend

Vulnerability Timeline

2 events
Mar 15, 2024
Vulnerability Disclosed
Published to component-level vulnerability database.
Jan 7, 2025
Last Updated
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Threat Actor Attribution

PREMIUM INTEL
Associated Groups:Lazarus Group, APT28
Ransomware Campaigns:LockBit 3.0, BlackCat
IoCs (Indicators):14 IPs, 3 Hashes

Remediation & Mitigation

SOLUTION

Official patches and mitigation steps are available for this vulnerability.

# Update Command
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y specific-package
# Verify installation
dpkg -l | grep package-name

Affected Products

2 Total
linux/linux_kernelAll Versions
linux/linux_kernel5.13

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Vulnerability Details

CVSS Base Score
5.5/ 10
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published Date
Mar 15, 2024
Last Modified
Jan 7, 2025
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