CVE-2021-44733: debian debian_linux
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2021-44733 is a high (CVSS 7.0) vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Public exploit (GitHub, Date unknown)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 26 · Related 20Timeline
- 22-12-2021PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 04-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability 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
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.0HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.0HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.75%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
55%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Increase +0.04 pp
From 0.71% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
1 foundOptee Qemu
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu67 products
- linux< 4.15.0-173.182 | < 5.4.0-105.119
- linux-aws< 4.15.0-1124.133 | < 5.4.0-1069.73
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.13< 5.13.0-1019.21~20.04.1
Debian2 products
- linux< 5.15.15-1
- debian_linuxEOL9.0 | 10.0 | 11.0
Fedoraproject1 product
- fedoraEOL35
Linux1 product
- linux_kernel≥ 4.12, < 4.14.261 | ≥ 4.15, < 4.19.224 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.170 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.89 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.12
Redhat1 product
6 vendors · 80 products
References
18 links- lore.kernel.org/lkml/20211215092501.1861229-1-jens.wiklander%40linaro.org/Third Party Advisory
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220114-0003/Third Party Advisory