Is CVE-2021-47258 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-47258 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-47258?

CVE-2021-47258 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-47258?

CVE-2021-47258 has an EPSS score of 0.24% (15th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-47258?

Upgrade linux on debian 11 to 5.10.46-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-47258

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: core: Fix error handling of scsi_host_alloc() After device is initialized via device_initialize(), or its name is set via dev_set_name(), the device has to be freed via put_device(). Otherwise device name will be leaked because it is allocated dynamically in dev_set_name(). Fix the leak by replacing kfree() with put_device(). Since scsi_host_dev_release() properly handles IDA and kthread removal, remove special-casing these from the error handling as well.

CWE-401Missing Release of Memory (Memory Leak)

How to fix

Remediation Available

linuxDebian

Fixed in:5.10.46-1CVE-2021-47258

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.24%probability of exploitation in 30 days

15thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 15% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch7

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-13934	High	7.5	64%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-6304	High	7.5	63%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-12265	Medium	5.3	55%	-	Fix
CVE-2001-0136	Medium	5.0	45%	-	-
CVE-2016-4232	High	7.5	36%	-	-
CVE-2001-0543	Medium	5.0	21%	-	-

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