CVE-2021-47089: Software Security Vulnerability Vulnerability
LOWCVE-2021-47089 is a LOW (CVSS 3.3) security vulnerability vulnerability (CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime) affecting Software libraries in the Maven ecosystem. The weakness occurs when the product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse.. Remediation is available in the latest vendor maintenance releases.
CVE-2021-47089 at a Glance
Security Impact
CVSS: 3.3
The security impact metrics below are parsed directly from the CVSS v3.1 vector string (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).
How to Fix CVE-2021-47089
To remediate this vulnerability, upgrade all affected Software dependencies to a patched release. Both direct and transitive dependencies should be checked, as frameworks or security libraries may pull in vulnerable versions transitively.
Run the following command in your project directory to verify that all resolved dependencies use the patched release:
mvn dependency:treeHow to Check if You Are Affected
To determine whether your Java application is affected by CVE-2021-47089, inspect your build dependencies using the Maven Dependency Plugin:
mvn dependency:treeAnalyze the terminal output to locate any version of Software in your dependency tree. If any resolved version matches the vulnerable ranges listed in the table below (for example, versions earlier than the patched release), your application is affected.
Note: The mvn dependency:tree command inspects the resolved dependency graph declared in your project's POM files; it does not perform automated security scanning or inspect runtime dynamic classpaths. Always verify runtime container classpaths and shaded JARs.
Technical Details
Vulnerability Mechanism & Technical Analysis
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime, where the product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse. In Software, software state validation or input boundaries are circumvented during processing. Review the official source advisory statement below for specific affected components, classes, and reproduction details.
Source Advisory Statement
References
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Machine-readable OSV JSON
OSV v1.5 Schema
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"schema_version" : "1.4.0",
"id" : "GHSA-97gj-q9fx-vc88",
"modified" : "2024-10-31T15:30:57Z",
"published" : "2024-03-04T18:30:37Z",
"aliases" : [ "CVE-2021-47089" ],
"details" : "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nkfence: fix memory leak when cat kfence objects\n\nHulk robot reported a kmemleak problem:\n\n unreferenced object 0xffff93d1d8cc02e8 (size 248):\n comm \"cat\", pid 23327, jiffies 4624670141 (age 495992.217s)\n hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n 00 40 85 19 d4 93 ff ff 00 10 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 seq_open+0x2a/0x80\n full_proxy_open+0x167/0x1e0\n do_dentry_open+0x1e1/0x3a0\n path_openat+0x961/0xa20\n do_filp_open+0xae/0x120\n do_sys_openat2+0x216/0x2f0\n do_sys_open+0x57/0x80\n do_syscall_64+0x33/0x40\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9\n unreferenced object 0xffff93d419854000 (size 4096):\n comm \"cat\", pid 23327, jiffies 4624670141 (age 495992.217s)\n hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n 6b 66 65 6e 63 65 2d 23 32 35 30 3a 20 30 78 30 kfence-#250: 0x0\n 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 37 35 34 62 64 61 31 32 2d 0000000754bda12-\n backtrace:\n seq_read_iter+0x313/0x440\n seq_read+0x14b/0x1a0\n full_proxy_read+0x56/0x80\n vfs_read+0xa5/0x1b0\n ksys_read+0xa0/0xf0\n do_syscall_64+0x33/0x40\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9\n\nI find that we can easily reproduce this problem with the following\ncommands:\n\n\tcat /sys/kernel/debug/kfence/objects\n\techo scan > /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak\n\tcat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak\n\nThe leaked memory is allocated in the stack below:\n\n do_syscall_64\n do_sys_open\n do_dentry_open\n full_proxy_open\n seq_open ---> alloc seq_file\n vfs_read\n full_proxy_read\n seq_read\n seq_read_iter\n traverse ---> alloc seq_buf\n\nAnd it should have been released in the following process:\n\n do_syscall_64\n syscall_exit_to_user_mode\n exit_to_user_mode_prepare\n task_work_run\n ____fput\n __fput\n full_proxy_release ---> free here\n\nHowever, the release function corresponding to file_operations is not\nimplemented in kfence. As a result, a memory leak occurs. Therefore,\nthe solution to this problem is to implement the corresponding release\nfunction.",
"severity" : [ {
"type" : "CVSS_V3",
"score" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"
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"references" : [ {
"type" : "ADVISORY",
"url" : "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-47089"
}, {
"type" : "WEB",
"url" : "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0129ab1f268b6cf88825eae819b9b84aa0a85634"
}, {
"type" : "WEB",
"url" : "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f06c8293d27f6337f907042c602c9c953988c48"
} ],
"database_specific" : {
"cwe_ids" : [ "CWE-401" ],
"severity" : "LOW",
"github_reviewed" : false,
"github_reviewed_at" : null,
"nvd_published_at" : "2024-03-04T18:15:07Z"
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