Linux Kernel up to 5.14.8 greybus use after free

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.14.8 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component greybus. Such manipulation leads to use after free. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2021-47358. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.14.8 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component greybus. 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. The impact remains unknown. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: greybus: uart: fix tty use after free User space can hold a tty open indefinitely and tty drivers must not release the underlying structures until the last user is gone. Switch to using the tty-port reference counter to manage the life time of the greybus tty state to avoid use after free after a disconnect.

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2021-47358. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 12/26/2024).

Upgrading to version 4.9.285, 4.14.249, 4.19.209, 5.4.150, 5.10.70 or 5.14.9 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 92b67aaafb7c/64062fcaca88/a5cfd51f6348/4dc56951a8d9/b9e697e60ce9/9872ff6fdce8/92dc0b1f46e1 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.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 4.9.284
• 4.14.248
• 4.19.208
• 5.4.149
• 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
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• 5.10.62
• 5.10.63
• 5.10.64
• 5.10.65
• 5.10.66
• 5.10.67
• 5.10.68
• 5.10.69
• 5.14.0
• 5.14.1
• 5.14.2
• 5.14.3
• 5.14.4
• 5.14.5
• 5.14.6
• 5.14.7
• 5.14.8

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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