CVE-2021-46973
What it is
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: qrtr: Avoid potential use after free in MHI send It is possible that the MHI ul_callback will be invoked immediately following the queueing of the skb for transmission, leading to the callback decrementing the refcount of the associated sk and freeing the skb. As such the dereference of skb and the increment of the sk refcount must happen before the skb is queued, to avoid the skb to be used after free and potentially the sk to drop its last refcount..
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.8 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-416 · Use after free
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Linux Kernel ≤ 5.10.35
- Linux Kernel ≤ 5.11.19
- Linux Kernel ≤ 5.12.2
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 7.8
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Is it in your code?
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Fix and advisories
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03c649dee8b1eb5600212a249542a70f47a5ab40
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47a017f33943278570c072bc71681809b2567b3a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48ec949ac979b4b42d740f67b6177797af834f80
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea474054c2cc6e1284604b21361f475c7cc8c0a0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03c649dee8b1eb5600212a249542a70f47a5ab40
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47a017f33943278570c072bc71681809b2567b3a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48ec949ac979b4b42d740f67b6177797af834f80
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea474054c2cc6e1284604b21361f475c7cc8c0a0
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03c649dee8b1eb5600212a249542a70f47a5ab40
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47a017f33943278570c072bc71681809b2567b3a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48ec949ac979b4b42d740f67b6177797af834f80
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea474054c2cc6e1284604b21361f475c7cc8c0a0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03c649dee8b1eb5600212a249542a70f47a5ab40
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47a017f33943278570c072bc71681809b2567b3a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48ec949ac979b4b42d740f67b6177797af834f80
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea474054c2cc6e1284604b21361f475c7cc8c0a0