CVE-2021-47058

HIGH

Linux Kernel 4.19.168-4.19.191 - Use-After-Free in regmap_debugfs_exit

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: regmap: set debugfs_name to NULL after it is freed There is a upstream commit cffa4b2122f5("regmap:debugfs: Fix a memory leak when calling regmap_attach_dev") that adds a if condition when create name for debugfs_name. With below function invoking logical, debugfs_name is freed in regmap_debugfs_exit(), but it is not created again because of the if condition introduced by above commit. regmap_reinit_cache() regmap_debugfs_exit() ... regmap_debugfs_init() So, set debugfs_name to NULL after it is freed.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0025
EPSS Percentile 15.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (18)
Linux/Linux < 5.11
Linux/Linux 4.19.168 - 4.19.191
Linux/Linux 4.19.191 - 4.19.*
Linux/Linux 480c5e9c7e4c76c01d5f1f7b73832d7b77e6b427 - d8897f7b2283a500666c85ef06e820df38ed7b52
Linux/Linux 5.10.37 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.10.8 - 5.10.37
Linux/Linux 5.11
Linux/Linux 5.11.21 - 5.11.*
Linux/Linux 5.12.4 - 5.12.*
Linux/Linux 5.13
... and 8 more
Published Feb 29, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026