What is CVE-2021-47161?

CVE-2021-47161 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2021-47161 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2021-47161?

CVE-2021-47161 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2021-47161?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2021-47161. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2021-47161 actively exploited?

CVE-2021-47161 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2021-47161

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: spi-fsl-dspi: Fix a resource leak in an error handling path 'dspi_request_dma()' should be undone by a 'dspi_release_dma()' call in the error handling path of the probe function, as already done in the remove function

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-03-25

Last modified 2025-03-19

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-209

CVE-2021-47161 is classified as CWE-209

See CWE-209 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2021-47161 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00450ed03a17143e2433b461a656ef9cd17c2f1d
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10a089bae827ec30ad9b6cb7048020a62fae0cfa
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12391be4724acc9269e1845ccbd881df37de4b56
Patch

6 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2021-47161

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-03-25

Modified 2025-03-19

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-47161?

CVE-2021-47161 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2021-47161 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2021-47161?

CVE-2021-47161 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2021-47161?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2021-47161. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2021-47161 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2021-47161 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.