CVE-2021-29266
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-29266
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-29266.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 5.10.26-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 5.10.26-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 5.10.26-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 5.10.26-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 5.10.26-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 5.10.26-1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.