high7.8
CVE-2021-29266
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.11.9.
Impact
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.11.9. drivers/vhost/vdpa.c has a use-after-free because v->config_ctx has an invalid value upon re-opening a character device, aka CID-f6bbf0010ba0.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | from 5.8 before 5.10.26 from 5.11 before 5.11.9 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.11.9
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=f6bbf0010ba004f5e90c7aefdebc0ee4bd3283b9
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210513-0005/
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.11.9
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=f6bbf0010ba004f5e90c7aefdebc0ee4bd3283b9
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210513-0005/