CVE-2021-47195
MEDIUMLinux Kernel 5.15 - Use-After-Free in SPI Controller Release
Title source: llmDescription
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().
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
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