CVE-2021-47280

HIGH

Linux Kernel < 4.14.237 - Use-After-Free in drm_getunique()

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm: Fix use-after-free read in drm_getunique() There is a time-of-check-to-time-of-use error in drm_getunique() due to retrieving file_priv->master prior to locking the device's master mutex. An example can be seen in the crash report of the use-after-free error found by Syzbot: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=148d2f1dfac64af52ffd27b661981a540724f803 In the report, the master pointer was used after being freed. This is because another process had acquired the device's master mutex in drm_setmaster_ioctl(), then overwrote fpriv->master in drm_new_set_master(). The old value of fpriv->master was subsequently freed before the mutex was unlocked. To fix this, we lock the device's master mutex before retrieving the pointer from from fpriv->master. This patch passes the Syzbot reproducer test.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.0
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 8.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/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-367 CWE-416
Status published
Products (16)
Linux/Linux < 4.11
Linux/Linux 4.11
Linux/Linux 4.14.237 - 4.14.*
Linux/Linux 4.19.195 - 4.19.*
Linux/Linux 5.10.44 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.12.11 - 5.12.*
Linux/Linux 5.13
Linux/Linux 5.4.126 - 5.4.*
Linux/Linux 5acc614ac47465fee6375a9af4740f618830762d - 17dab9326ff263c62dab1dbac4492e2938a049e4
Linux/Linux 5acc614ac47465fee6375a9af4740f618830762d - 491d52e0078860b33b6c14f0a7ac74ca1b603bd6
... and 6 more
Published May 21, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026