CVE-2021-46938

Aliases:UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46938DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46938
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 8
Modified
Published: 27 Feb 2024, 18:40
Last modified:11 May 2026, 13:44

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.25% LOW
0% probability +0.23%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

27 Feb 2024, 18:40
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
11 May 2026, 13:44
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm rq: fix double free of blk_mq_tag_set in dev remove after table load fails When loading a device-mapper table for a request-based mapped device, and the allocation/initialization of the blk_mq_tag_set for the device fails, a following device remove will cause a double free. E.g. (dmesg): device-mapper: core: Cannot initialize queue for request-based dm-mq mapped device device-mapper: ioctl: unable to set up device queue for new table. Unable to handle kernel pointer dereference in virtual kernel address space Failing address: 0305e098835de000 TEID: 0305e098835de803 Fault in home space mode while using kernel ASCE. AS:000000025efe0007 R3:0000000000000024 Oops: 0038 ilc:3 [#1] SMP Modules linked in: ... lots of modules ... Supported: Yes, External CPU: 0 PID: 7348 Comm: multipathd Kdump: loaded Tainted: G W X 5.3.18-53-default #1 SLE15-SP3 Hardware name: IBM 8561 T01 7I2 (LPAR) Krnl PSW : 0704e00180000000 000000025e368eca (kfree+0x42/0x330) R:0 T:1 IO:1 EX:1 Key:0 M:1 W:0 P:0 AS:3 CC:2 PM:0 RI:0 EA:3 Krnl GPRS: 000000000000004a 000000025efe5230 c1773200d779968d 0000000000000000 000000025e520270 000000025e8d1b40 0000000000000003 00000007aae10000 000000025e5202a2 0000000000000001 c1773200d779968d 0305e098835de640 00000007a8170000 000003ff80138650 000000025e5202a2 000003e00396faa8 Krnl Code: 000000025e368eb8: c4180041e100 lgrl %r1,25eba50b8 000000025e368ebe: ecba06b93a55 risbg %r11,%r10,6,185,58 #000000025e368ec4: e3b010000008 ag %r11,0(%r1) >000000025e368eca: e310b0080004 lg %r1,8(%r11) 000000025e368ed0: a7110001 tmll %r1,1 000000025e368ed4: a7740129 brc 7,25e369126 000000025e368ed8: e320b0080004 lg %r2,8(%r11) 000000025e368ede: b904001b lgr %r1,%r11 Call Trace: [<000000025e368eca>] kfree+0x42/0x330 [<000000025e5202a2>] blk_mq_free_tag_set+0x72/0xb8 [<000003ff801316a8>] dm_mq_cleanup_mapped_device+0x38/0x50 [dm_mod] [<000003ff80120082>] free_dev+0x52/0xd0 [dm_mod] [<000003ff801233f0>] __dm_destroy+0x150/0x1d0 [dm_mod] [<000003ff8012bb9a>] dev_remove+0x162/0x1c0 [dm_mod] [<000003ff8012a988>] ctl_ioctl+0x198/0x478 [dm_mod] [<000003ff8012ac8a>] dm_ctl_ioctl+0x22/0x38 [dm_mod] [<000000025e3b11ee>] ksys_ioctl+0xbe/0xe0 [<000000025e3b127a>] __s390x_sys_ioctl+0x2a/0x40 [<000000025e8c15ac>] system_call+0xd8/0x2c8 Last Breaking-Event-Address: [<000000025e52029c>] blk_mq_free_tag_set+0x6c/0xb8 Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception: panic_on_oops When allocation/initialization of the blk_mq_tag_set fails in dm_mq_init_request_queue(), it is uninitialized/freed, but the pointer is not reset to NULL; so when dev_remove() later gets into dm_mq_cleanup_mapped_device() it sees the pointer and tries to uninitialize and free it again. Fix this by setting the pointer to NULL in dm_mq_init_request_queue() error-handling. Also set it to NULL in dm_mq_cleanup_mapped_device().

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.25%• Percentile: 16%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-415•Double Free

    The product calls free() twice on the same memory address.

Affected Systems

  • debian•linux

    < 5.10.38-1 | < 5.10.38-1 | < 5.10.38-1 | < 5.10.38-1

  • ubuntu•linux

    < 4.15.0-151.157 | < 5.4.0-77.86

  • ubuntu•linux-allwinner-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws

    < 4.15.0-1109.116 | < 5.4.0-1051.53

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.0

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.13

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.3

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.4

    < 5.4.0-1051.53~18.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.8

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-6.2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-fips

    < 4.15.0-2051.53 | all | < 5.4.0-1069.73+fips2

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-hwe

    < 4.15.0-1109.116~16.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-azure

    < 4.15.0-1121.134~14.04.1 | < 4.15.0-1121.134~16.04.1 | all | < 5.4.0-1051.53

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-4.15

    < 4.15.0-1121.134

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.13

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.3

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.4

    < 5.4.0-1051.53~18.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.8

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-6.2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-edge

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fips

    < 4.15.0-2033.37 | all | < 5.4.0-1073.76+fips1

  • ubuntu•linux-bluefield

    all | < 5.4.0-1013.16

  • ubuntu•linux-fips

    < 4.15.0-1066.75 | all | < 5.4.0-1028.32

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp

    < 4.15.0-1106.120~16.04.1 | all | < 5.4.0-1046.49

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-4.15

    < 4.15.0-1106.120

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.13

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.3

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.4

    < 5.4.0-1046.49~18.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.8

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-fips

    < 4.15.0-2016.18 | all | < 5.4.0-1067.71~20.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-gke

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gke-4.15

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gke-5.15

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gke-5.4

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gkeop

    < 5.4.0-1018.19

  • ubuntu•linux-gkeop-5.4

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-hwe

    < 4.15.0-151.157~16.04.1 | all

  • ubuntu•linux-hwe-5.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-hwe-5.13

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-hwe-5.19

    all

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References (12)