CVE-2021-44733
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 28
Modified
Published: 22 Dec 2021, 00:00
Last modified:04 Aug 2024, 04:32
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
medium
38/100 CVSS Score
7 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.28% LOW
0% probability +0.02%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
22 Dec 2021, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Aug 2024, 04:32
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
A use-after-free exists in drivers/tee/tee_shm.c in the TEE subsystem in the Linux kernel through 5.15.11. This occurs because of a race condition in tee_shm_get_from_id during an attempt to free a shared memory object.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.4AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.28%• Percentile: 51%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-362•Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.
Affected Systems
- debian•debian_linux
9.0 | 10.0 | 11.0
- fedoraproject•fedora
35
- linux•linux_kernel
≤ 5.15.11
- netapp•h300e
na
- netapp•h300s_firmware
na
- netapp•h410c_firmware
na
- netapp•h410s_firmware
na
- netapp•h500e
na
- netapp•h500s_firmware
na
- netapp•h700e
na
- netapp•h700s_firmware
na
- redhat•enterprise_linux
8.0
References (7)
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/drivers/tee/tee_shm.c
- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20211215092501.1861229-1-jens.wiklander%40linaro.org/
- https://github.com/pjlantz/optee-qemu/blob/main/README.md
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220114-0003/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00012.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=dfd0743f1d9ea76931510ed150334d571fbab49d