Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-47049 - Use After Free vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Drivers: hv: vmbus: Use after free in __vmbus_open() The "open_info" variable is added to the &vmbus_connection.chn_msg_list, but the error handling frees "open_info" without removing it from the list. This will result in a use after free. First remove it from the list, and then free it.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2728f289b3270b0e273292b46c534421a33bbfd5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2728f289b3270b0e273292b46c534421a33bbfd5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e9bf43f7f7a46f21ec071cb47be92d0874c48da
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e9bf43f7f7a46f21ec071cb47be92d0874c48da
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5c7b42c9f56ca46b286daa537d181bd7f69214f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5c7b42c9f56ca46b286daa537d181bd7f69214f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f37dd5d1b5d38a79a4f7b8dd7bbb705505f05560
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f37dd5d1b5d38a79a4f7b8dd7bbb705505f05560