CVE-2021-47358

HIGH

Linux Kernel 4.9-4.9.285 - Use-After-Free in Greybus UART TTY Driver

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: greybus: uart: fix tty use after free User space can hold a tty open indefinitely and tty drivers must not release the underlying structures until the last user is gone. Switch to using the tty-port reference counter to manage the life time of the greybus tty state to avoid use after free after a disconnect.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 15.4%
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 (18)
Linux/Linux < 4.9
Linux/Linux 4.14.249 - 4.14.*
Linux/Linux 4.19.209 - 4.19.*
Linux/Linux 4.9
Linux/Linux 4.9.285 - 4.9.*
Linux/Linux 5.10.70 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.14.9 - 5.14.*
Linux/Linux 5.15
Linux/Linux 5.4.150 - 5.4.*
Linux/Linux a18e15175708d39abbe9746ddc3479466b7800c3 - 4dc56951a8d9d61d364d346c61a5f1d70b4f5e14
... and 8 more
Published May 21, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026