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Use After Free

CVE-2021-46930

Medium
5.5/10

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: mtu3: fix list_head check warning This is caused by uninitialization of list_head. BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __list_del_entry_valid+0x34/0xe4 Call trace: dump_backtrace+0x0/0x298 show_stack+0x24/0x34 dump_stack+0x130/0x1a8 print_address_description+0x88/0x56c __kasan_report+0x1b8/0x2a0 kasan_report+0x14/0x20 __asan_load8+0x9c/0xa0 __list_del_entry_valid+0x34/0xe4 mtu3_req_complete+0x4c/0x300 [mtu3] mtu3_gadget_stop+0x168/0x448 [mtu3] usb_gadget_unregister_driver+0x204/0x3a0 unregister_gadget_item+0x44/0xa4

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-416 - Use After Free

Use-after-free (UaF) vulnerability occurs when the application is using a pointer to memory that has been freed. Any attempt to read/write to a buffer after it is de-allocated allows memory corruption, sensitive information exposure, and can potentially lead to arbitrary code execution.

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  • Published