CVE-2021-47523

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Use-After-Free in IB/hfi1 rcvhdrtail_dummy_kvaddr

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: IB/hfi1: Fix leak of rcvhdrtail_dummy_kvaddr This buffer is currently allocated in hfi1_init(): if (reinit) ret = init_after_reset(dd); else ret = loadtime_init(dd); if (ret) goto done; /* allocate dummy tail memory for all receive contexts */ dd->rcvhdrtail_dummy_kvaddr = dma_alloc_coherent(&dd->pcidev->dev, sizeof(u64), &dd->rcvhdrtail_dummy_dma, GFP_KERNEL); if (!dd->rcvhdrtail_dummy_kvaddr) { dd_dev_err(dd, "cannot allocate dummy tail memory\n"); ret = -ENOMEM; goto done; } The reinit triggered path will overwrite the old allocation and leak it. Fix by moving the allocation to hfi1_alloc_devdata() and the deallocation to hfi1_free_devdata().

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 14.7%
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-401
Status published
Products (10)
Linux/Linux < 4.5
Linux/Linux 4.5
Linux/Linux 46b010d3eeb8eb29c740c4ef09c666485f5c07e6 - 2c08271f4ed0e24633b3f81ceff61052b9d45efc
Linux/Linux 46b010d3eeb8eb29c740c4ef09c666485f5c07e6 - 60a8b5a1611b4a26de4839ab9c1fc2a9cf3e17c1
Linux/Linux 46b010d3eeb8eb29c740c4ef09c666485f5c07e6 - 834d0fb978643eaf09da425de197cc16a7c2761b
Linux/Linux 5.10.85 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.8 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.16
linux/linux_kernel 5.16 rc1 (4 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 4.5 - 5.10.85
Published May 24, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026