CVE-2021-29266

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-29266
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-03-26 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-24 18:42:00 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2021-29266 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.11.9 MISC cdn.kernel.org
kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree MISC git.kernel.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159177 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2021-9220)
  • 159178 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2021-9221)
  • 179394 Debian Security Update for linux (CVE-2021-29266)
  • 198365 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities (USN-4948-1)
  • 198366 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4949-1)
  • 900100 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.52.1
  • 900305 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.57.1
  • 900320 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.60.1
  • 901979 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (6548-1)
  • 902930 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (4027)
  • 905789 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (4027-1)
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