CVE-2021-47532 drm/msm/devfreq: Fix OPP refcnt leak

What is CVE-2021-47532?

CVE-2021-47532 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 24 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/msm/devfreq: Fix OPP refcnt leak

Weakness: CWE-401

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-47532?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2021-47532?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2021-47532 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-47532 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47532, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47532.