CVE-2021-46966
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPI: custom_method: fix potential use-after-free issue In cm_write(), buf is always freed when reaching the end of the function. If the requested count is less than table.length, the allocated buffer will be freed but subsequent calls to cm_write() will still try to access it. Remove the unconditional kfree(buf) at the end of the function and set the buf to NULL in the -EINVAL error path to match the rest of function.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-46966
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-46966.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 5.10.38-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 5.10.38-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 5.10.38-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 5.10.38-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 5.10.38-1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.