CVE-2021-47500

HIGH

Linux Kernel 4.2-4.4.295 - Use-After-Free in IIO MMA8452 Trigger Reference Counting

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: mma8452: Fix trigger reference couting The mma8452 driver directly assigns a trigger to the struct iio_dev. The IIO core when done using this trigger will call `iio_trigger_put()` to drop the reference count by 1. Without the matching `iio_trigger_get()` in the driver the reference count can reach 0 too early, the trigger gets freed while still in use and a use-after-free occurs. Fix this by getting a reference to the trigger before assigning it to the IIO device.

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 (20)
Linux/Linux < 4.2
Linux/Linux 4.14.258 - 4.14.*
Linux/Linux 4.19.221 - 4.19.*
Linux/Linux 4.2
Linux/Linux 4.4.295 - 4.4.*
Linux/Linux 4.9.293 - 4.9.*
Linux/Linux 5.10.85 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.8 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.16
Linux/Linux 5.4.165 - 5.4.*
... and 10 more
Published May 24, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026