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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2021-47237"
idYear: 2021
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2024-05-21T14:19:38.396Z"
updatedAt: "2026-05-11T13:50:36.850Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:56:36.661Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2021-47237"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2021-47237.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47237"
title: "net: hamradio: fix memory leak in mkiss_close"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: hamradio: fix memory leak in mkiss_close\n\nMy local syzbot instance hit memory leak in\nmkiss_open()[1]. The problem was in missing\nfree_netdev() in mkiss_close().\n\nIn mkiss_open() netdevice is allocated and then\nregistered, but in mkiss_close() netdevice was\nonly unregistered, but not freed.\n\nFail log:\n\nBUG: memory leak\nunreferenced object 0xffff8880281ba000 (size 4096):\n  comm \"syz-executor.1\", pid 11443, jiffies 4295046091 (age 17.660s)\n  hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n    61 78 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ax0.............\n    00 27 fa 2a 80 88 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  .'.*............\n  backtrace:\n    [\u003cffffffff81a27201\u003e] kvmalloc_node+0x61/0xf0\n    [\u003cffffffff8706e7e8\u003e] alloc_netdev_mqs+0x98/0xe80\n    [\u003cffffffff84e64192\u003e] mkiss_open+0xb2/0x6f0 [1]\n    [\u003cffffffff842355db\u003e] tty_ldisc_open+0x9b/0x110\n    [\u003cffffffff84236488\u003e] tty_set_ldisc+0x2e8/0x670\n    [\u003cffffffff8421f7f3\u003e] tty_ioctl+0xda3/0x1440\n    [\u003cffffffff81c9f273\u003e] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x193/0x200\n    [\u003cffffffff8911263a\u003e] do_syscall_64+0x3a/0xb0\n    [\u003cffffffff89200068\u003e] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae\n\nBUG: memory leak\nunreferenced object 0xffff8880141a9a00 (size 96):\n  comm \"syz-executor.1\", pid 11443, jiffies 4295046091 (age 17.660s)\n  hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n    e8 a2 1b 28 80 88 ff ff e8 a2 1b 28 80 88 ff ff  ...(.......(....\n    98 92 9c aa b0 40 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  .....@..........\n  backtrace:\n    [\u003cffffffff8709f68b\u003e] __hw_addr_create_ex+0x5b/0x310\n    [\u003cffffffff8709fb38\u003e] __hw_addr_add_ex+0x1f8/0x2b0\n    [\u003cffffffff870a0c7b\u003e] dev_addr_init+0x10b/0x1f0\n    [\u003cffffffff8706e88b\u003e] alloc_netdev_mqs+0x13b/0xe80\n    [\u003cffffffff84e64192\u003e] mkiss_open+0xb2/0x6f0 [1]\n    [\u003cffffffff842355db\u003e] tty_ldisc_open+0x9b/0x110\n    [\u003cffffffff84236488\u003e] tty_set_ldisc+0x2e8/0x670\n    [\u003cffffffff8421f7f3\u003e] tty_ioctl+0xda3/0x1440\n    [\u003cffffffff81c9f273\u003e] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x193/0x200\n    [\u003cffffffff8911263a\u003e] do_syscall_64+0x3a/0xb0\n    [\u003cffffffff89200068\u003e] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae\n\nBUG: memory leak\nunreferenced object 0xffff8880219bfc00 (size 512):\n  comm \"syz-executor.1\", pid 11443, jiffies 4295046091 (age 17.660s)\n  hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n    00 a0 1b 28 80 88 ff ff 80 8f b1 8d ff ff ff ff  ...(............\n    80 8f b1 8d ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................\n  backtrace:\n    [\u003cffffffff81a27201\u003e] kvmalloc_node+0x61/0xf0\n    [\u003cffffffff8706eec7\u003e] alloc_netdev_mqs+0x777/0xe80\n    [\u003cffffffff84e64192\u003e] mkiss_open+0xb2/0x6f0 [1]\n    [\u003cffffffff842355db\u003e] tty_ldisc_open+0x9b/0x110\n    [\u003cffffffff84236488\u003e] tty_set_ldisc+0x2e8/0x670\n    [\u003cffffffff8421f7f3\u003e] tty_ioctl+0xda3/0x1440\n    [\u003cffffffff81c9f273\u003e] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x193/0x200\n    [\u003cffffffff8911263a\u003e] do_syscall_64+0x3a/0xb0\n    [\u003cffffffff89200068\u003e] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae\n\nBUG: memory leak\nunreferenced object 0xffff888029b2b200 (size 256):\n  comm \"syz-executor.1\", pid 11443, jiffies 4295046091 (age 17.660s)\n  hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................\n    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................\n  backtrace:\n    [\u003cffffffff81a27201\u003e] kvmalloc_node+0x61/0xf0\n    [\u003cffffffff8706f062\u003e] alloc_netdev_mqs+0x912/0xe80\n    [\u003cffffffff84e64192\u003e] mkiss_open+0xb2/0x6f0 [1]\n    [\u003cffffffff842355db\u003e] tty_ldisc_open+0x9b/0x110\n    [\u003cffffffff84236488\u003e] tty_set_ldisc+0x2e8/0x670\n    [\u003cffffffff8421f7f3\u003e] tty_ioctl+0xda3/0x1440\n    [\u003cffffffff81c9f273\u003e] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x193/0x200\n    [\u003cffffffff8911263a\u003e] do_syscall_64+0x3a/0xb0\n    [\u003cffffffff89200068\u003e] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae"
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