# CVE-2021-47373: irqchip/gic-v3-its: Fix potential VPE leak on error

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-21 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.14

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: irqchip/gic-v3-its: Fix potential VPE leak on error In its_vpe_irq_domain_alloc, when its_vpe_init() returns an error, there is an off-by-one in the number of VPEs to be freed. Fix it by simply passing the number of VPEs allocated, which is the index of the loop iterating over the VPEs. [maz: fixed commit message]

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d39992d45acd6f2d6b2f62389c55b61fb3d486b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5701e8bff314c155e7afdc467b1e0389d86853d0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42d3711c23781045e7a5cd28536c774b9a66d20b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/568662e37f927e3dc3e475f3ff7cf4ab7719c5e7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0c1c2e5da19685a20557a50f10c6aa4fa26aa84
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/280bef512933b2dda01d681d8cbe499b98fc5bdd

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