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CVE-2021-47281

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ALSA: seq: Fix race of snd_seq_timer_open()

The timer instance per queue is exclusive, and snd_seq_timer_open()
should have managed the concurrent accesses.  It looks as if it's
checking the already existing timer instance at the beginning, but
it's not right, because there is no protection, hence any later
concurrent call of snd_seq_timer_open() may override the timer
instance easily.  This may result in UAF, as the leftover timer
instance can keep running while the queue itself gets closed, as
spotted by syzkaller recently.

For avoiding the race, add a proper check at the assignment of
tmr->timeri again, and return -EBUSY if it's been already registered.
Data is provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version < 5.10.44
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.11 < 5.12.11
LinuxLinux Kernel Version5.13 Updaterc1
LinuxLinux Kernel Version5.13 Updaterc2
LinuxLinux Kernel Version5.13 Updaterc3
LinuxLinux Kernel Version5.13 Updaterc4
LinuxLinux Kernel Version5.13 Updaterc5
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Type Source Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.02% 0.03
CVSS Metriken
Source Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector string
nvd@nist.gov 7 1 5.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.