CVE-2021-45095: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

pep_sock_accept in net/phonet/pep.c in the Linux kernel through 5.15.8 has a refcount leak.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 9.0 only; version 10.0 only; version 11.0 only
• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 5.15.8

Published 2021-12-16. Last modified 2026-06-17.