CVE-2021-47061

HIGH

Linux Kernel 5.9-5.10.36 - Use-After-Free in KVM I/O Bus Device Unregistration

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: Destroy I/O bus devices on unregister failure _after_ sync'ing SRCU If allocating a new instance of an I/O bus fails when unregistering a device, wait to destroy the device until after all readers are guaranteed to see the new null bus. Destroying devices before the bus is nullified could lead to use-after-free since readers expect the devices on their reference of the bus to remain valid.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 15.1%
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 (23)
Linux/Linux < 5.9
Linux/Linux 19184bd06f488af62924ff1747614a8cb284ad63
Linux/Linux 4.14.200 - 4.15
Linux/Linux 4.19.148 - 4.20
Linux/Linux 4.4.238 - 4.5
Linux/Linux 4.9.238 - 4.10
Linux/Linux 40a023f681befd9b2862a3c16fb306a38b359ae5
Linux/Linux 41b2ea7a6a11e2b1a7f2c29e1675a709a6b2b98d
Linux/Linux 5.10.37 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.11.21 - 5.11.*
... and 13 more
Published Feb 29, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026