CVE-2021-47324

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-416 Use After Free

Publication date:

21/05/2024

Last modified:

02/04/2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: watchdog: Fix possible use-after-free in wdt_startup() This module&#39;s remove path calls del_timer(). However, that function does not wait until the timer handler finishes. This means that the timer handler may still be running after the driver&#39;s remove function has finished, which would result in a use-after-free. Fix by calling del_timer_sync(), which makes sure the timer handler has finished, and unable to re-schedule itself.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

8.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::		4.4.276 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.5 (including)	4.9.276 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.10 (including)	4.14.240 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.15 (including)	4.19.198 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.20 (including)	5.4.134 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.5 (including)	5.10.52 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.11 (including)	5.12.19 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.13 (including)	5.13.4 (excluding)

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CVE-2021-47324

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools