CVE-2021-47278

HIGH

Linux Kernel 5.12-5.12.10 - Use-After-Free in MHI PCI Generic Driver Timer Handler

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bus: mhi: pci_generic: Fix possible use-after-free in mhi_pci_remove() This driver's remove path calls del_timer(). However, that function does not wait until the timer handler finishes. This means that the timer handler may still be running after the driver's remove function has finished, which would result in a use-after-free. Fix by calling del_timer_sync(), which makes sure the timer handler has finished, and unable to re-schedule itself.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0022
EPSS Percentile 12.4%
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 (8)
Linux/Linux < 5.12
Linux/Linux 5.12
Linux/Linux 5.12.11 - 5.12.*
Linux/Linux 5.13
Linux/Linux 8562d4fe34a3ef52da077f77985994bb9ad1f83e - 0b67808ade8893a1b3608ddd74fac7854786c919
Linux/Linux 8562d4fe34a3ef52da077f77985994bb9ad1f83e - c597d5c59c7a6417dba06590f59b922e01188e8d
linux/linux_kernel 5.13 rc1 (5 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 5.12 - 5.12.11
Published May 21, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026