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Use After Free

CVE-2021-47204

High
7.8/10

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: dpaa2-eth: fix use-after-free in dpaa2_eth_remove Access to netdev after free_netdev() will cause use-after-free bug. Move debug log before free_netdev() call to avoid it.

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