CVE-2021-47133

HID: amd_sfh: Fix memory leak in amd_sfh_work

Published Mar 15, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

HID: amd_sfh: Fix memory leak in amd_sfh_work

Kmemleak tool detected a memory leak in the amd_sfh driver.

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unreferenced object 0xffff88810228ada0 (size 32):
comm "insmod", pid 3968, jiffies 4295056001 (age 775.792s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 20 73 1f 81 88 ff ff 00 01 00 00 00 00 ad de . s.............
22 01 00 00 00 00 ad de 01 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 "...............
backtrace:
[<000000007b4c8799>] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x163/0x4f0
[<0000000005326893>] amd_sfh_get_report+0xa4/0x1d0 [amd_sfh]
[<000000002a9e5ec4>] amdtp_hid_request+0x62/0x80 [amd_sfh]
[<00000000b8a95807>] sensor_hub_get_feature+0x145/0x270 [hid_sensor_hub]
[<00000000fda054ee>] hid_sensor_parse_common_attributes+0x215/0x460 [hid_sensor_iio_common]
[<0000000021279ecf>] hid_accel_3d_probe+0xff/0x4a0 [hid_sensor_accel_3d]
[<00000000915760ce>] platform_probe+0x6a/0xd0
[<0000000060258a1f>] really_probe+0x192/0x620
[<00000000fa812f2d>] driver_probe_device+0x14a/0x1d0
[<000000005e79f7fd>] __device_attach_driver+0xbd/0x110
[<0000000070d15018>] bus_for_each_drv+0xfd/0x160
[<0000000013a3c312>] __device_attach+0x18b/0x220
[<000000008c7b4afc>] device_initial_probe+0x13/0x20
[<00000000e6e99665>] bus_probe_device+0xfe/0x120
[<00000000833fa90b>] device_add+0x6a6/0xe00
[<00000000fa901078>] platform_device_add+0x180/0x380
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The fix is to freeing request_list entry once the processed entry is
removed from the request_list.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses CWE-401
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Published
Updated
May 11, 2026, 1:48 PM
Reserved
Mar 4, 2024, 6:12 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Mar 15, 2024, 9:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:16 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Mar 15, 2024, 12:00 AM