CVE-2021-47073

MEDIUM

Linux kernel 4.15-4.19.192 - Denial of Service via Unconditional Driver Unregister in dell-smbios-wmi

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: dell-smbios-wmi: Fix oops on rmmod dell_smbios init_dell_smbios_wmi() only registers the dell_smbios_wmi_driver on systems where the Dell WMI interface is supported. While exit_dell_smbios_wmi() unregisters it unconditionally, this leads to the following oops: [ 175.722921] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 175.722925] Unexpected driver unregister! [ 175.722939] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 3630 at drivers/base/driver.c:194 driver_unregister+0x38/0x40 ... [ 175.723089] Call Trace: [ 175.723094] cleanup_module+0x5/0xedd [dell_smbios] ... [ 175.723148] ---[ end trace 064c34e1ad49509d ]--- Make the unregister happen on the same condition the register happens to fix this.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 15.3%
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

Status published
Products (14)
Linux/Linux < 4.15
Linux/Linux 1a258e670434f404a4500b65ba1afea2c2b29bba - 0cf036a0d325200e6c27b90908e51195bbc557b1
Linux/Linux 1a258e670434f404a4500b65ba1afea2c2b29bba - 3a53587423d25c87af4b4126a806a0575104b45e
Linux/Linux 1a258e670434f404a4500b65ba1afea2c2b29bba - 6fa78a6b9a3beb676a010dc489c1257f7e432525
Linux/Linux 1a258e670434f404a4500b65ba1afea2c2b29bba - 75cfc833da4a2111106d4c134e93e0c7f41e35e7
Linux/Linux 1a258e670434f404a4500b65ba1afea2c2b29bba - 8d746ea7c687bab060a2c05a35c449302406cd52
Linux/Linux 4.15
Linux/Linux 4.19.192 - 4.19.*
Linux/Linux 5.10.40 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.12.7 - 5.12.*
... and 4 more
Published Mar 01, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026