7.8
CVE-2021-29266
- EPSS 0.11%
- Published 26.03.2021 22:15:13
- Last modified 21.11.2024 06:00:54
- Source cve@mitre.org
- CVE-Watchlists
- Open
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.11.9. drivers/vhost/vdpa.c has a use-after-free because v->config_ctx has an invalid value upon re-opening a character device, aka CID-f6bbf0010ba0.
Data is provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 5.8 < 5.10.26
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 5.11 < 5.11.9
| Type | Source | Score | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPSS | FIRST.org | 0.11% | 0.259 |
| Source | Base Score | Exploit Score | Impact Score | Vector string |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nvd@nist.gov | 7.8 | 1.8 | 5.9 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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| nvd@nist.gov | 7.2 | 3.9 | 10 |
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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CWE-416 Use After Free
The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.