Linux Kernel up to 5.12.8 amdgpu use after free

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 5.12.8. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component amdgpu. The manipulation leads to use after free. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2021-47142. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 5.12.8. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component amdgpu. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: Fix a use-after-free looks like we forget to set ttm->sg to NULL. Hit panic below [ 1235.844104] general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0x6b6b6b6b6b6b7b4b: 0000 [#1] SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC NOPTI [ 1235.989074] Call Trace: [ 1235.991751] sg_free_table+0x17/0x20 [ 1235.995667] amdgpu_ttm_backend_unbind.cold+0x4d/0xf7 [amdgpu] [ 1236.002288] amdgpu_ttm_backend_destroy+0x29/0x130 [amdgpu] [ 1236.008464] ttm_tt_destroy+0x1e/0x30 [ttm] [ 1236.013066] ttm_bo_cleanup_memtype_use+0x51/0xa0 [ttm] [ 1236.018783] ttm_bo_release+0x262/0xa50 [ttm] [ 1236.023547] ttm_bo_put+0x82/0xd0 [ttm] [ 1236.027766] amdgpu_bo_unref+0x26/0x50 [amdgpu] [ 1236.032809] amdgpu_amdkfd_gpuvm_alloc_memory_of_gpu+0x7aa/0xd90 [amdgpu] [ 1236.040400] kfd_ioctl_alloc_memory_of_gpu+0xe2/0x330 [amdgpu] [ 1236.046912] kfd_ioctl+0x463/0x690 [amdgpu]

The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-47142 since 03/04/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 276342 (TencentOS Server 2: kernel (TSSA-2024:0557)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 4.4.271, 4.9.271, 4.14.235, 4.19.193, 5.4.124, 5.10.42, 5.12.9 or 5.13 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 0707c3fea810/3293cf3513d6/952ab3f9f48e/a849e218556f/7398c2aab4da/f98cdf084405/d4ea141fd4b4/1e5c37385097 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (276342) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-0699). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Affected

• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• EMC Avamar
• Dell NetWorker
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 4.4.270
• 4.9.270
• 4.14.234
• 4.19.192
• 5.4.123
• 5.10.0
• 5.10.1
• 5.10.2
• 5.10.3
• 5.10.4
• 5.10.5
• 5.10.6
• 5.10.7
• 5.10.8
• 5.10.9
• 5.10.10
• 5.10.11
• 5.10.12
• 5.10.13
• 5.10.14
• 5.10.15
• 5.10.16
• 5.10.17
• 5.10.18
• 5.10.19
• 5.10.20
• 5.10.21
• 5.10.22
• 5.10.23
• 5.10.24
• 5.10.25
• 5.10.26
• 5.10.27
• 5.10.28
• 5.10.29
• 5.10.30
• 5.10.31
• 5.10.32
• 5.10.33
• 5.10.34
• 5.10.35
• 5.10.36
• 5.10.37
• 5.10.38
• 5.10.39
• 5.10.40
• 5.10.41
• 5.12.0
• 5.12.1
• 5.12.2
• 5.12.3
• 5.12.4
• 5.12.5
• 5.12.6
• 5.12.7
• 5.12.8

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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