CVE-2021-47195

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.15 - Use-After-Free in SPI Controller Release

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: fix use-after-free of the add_lock mutex Commit 6098475d4cb4 ("spi: Fix deadlock when adding SPI controllers on SPI buses") introduced a per-controller mutex. But mutex_unlock() of said lock is called after the controller is already freed: spi_unregister_controller(ctlr) -> put_device(&ctlr->dev) -> spi_controller_release(dev) -> mutex_unlock(&ctrl->add_lock) Move the put_device() after the mutex_unlock().

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0022
EPSS Percentile 12.3%
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

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (11)
Linux/Linux < 5.15
Linux/Linux 5.14.15 - 5.15
Linux/Linux 5.15
Linux/Linux 5.15.5 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.16
Linux/Linux 6098475d4cb48d821bdf453c61118c56e26294f0 - 37330f37f6666c7739a44b2b6b95b047ccdbed2d
Linux/Linux 6098475d4cb48d821bdf453c61118c56e26294f0 - 6c53b45c71b4920b5e62f0ea8079a1da382b9434
Linux/Linux 722ef19a161ce3fffb3d1b01ce2301c306639bdd
Linux/Linux aa3f3d7bef59583f2d3234173105a27ff61ef8fe - 54c2c96eafcfd242e52e932ab54ace4784efe1dd
Linux/Linux c8dce228db6f81dbc897a018dfc5c418e917cf64 - 11eab327a2a8bd36c38afbff920ae1bd45588dd4
... and 1 more
Published Apr 10, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026