CVE-2021-47024

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.2-5.10.36 - Use-After-Free in vsock/virtio Socket Close

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock/virtio: free queued packets when closing socket As reported by syzbot [1], there is a memory leak while closing the socket. We partially solved this issue with commit ac03046ece2b ("vsock/virtio: free packets during the socket release"), but we forgot to drain the RX queue when the socket is definitely closed by the scheduled work. To avoid future issues, let's use the new virtio_transport_remove_sock() to drain the RX queue before removing the socket from the af_vsock lists calling vsock_remove_sock(). [1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=24452624fc4c571eedd9

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0025
EPSS Percentile 16.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (21)
Linux/Linux < 5.2
Linux/Linux 4.14.122 - 4.15
Linux/Linux 4.19.46 - 4.20
Linux/Linux 4.9.179 - 4.10
Linux/Linux 4af8a327aeba102aaa9b78f3451f725bc590b237
Linux/Linux 4e539fa2dec4db3405e47002f2878aa4a99eb68b
Linux/Linux 4ea082cd3c400cd5bb36a7beb7e441bf3e29350d
Linux/Linux 5.0.19 - 5.1
Linux/Linux 5.1.5 - 5.2
Linux/Linux 5.10.37 - 5.10.*
... and 11 more
Published Feb 28, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026