What is CVE-2021-47379?

CVE-2021-47379 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, classified as a Use After Free flaw (CWE-416), affecting Linux kernel versions from 4.14.51 onward and patched in 5.4.150, 5.10.70, 5.14.9 and others. CVE-2021-47379 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2021-47379?

CVE-2021-47379 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2021-47379?

Yes, CVE-2021-47379 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.150, 5.10.70, 5.14.9 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.14.51 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2021-47379 actively exploited?

CVE-2021-47379 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Use After Free (CWE-416)?

The product references memory after it has been freed, which may cause it to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html

CVE-2021-47379

High

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-cgroup: fix UAF by grabbing blkcg lock before destroying blkg pd KASAN reports a use-after-free report when doing fuzz test: [693354.104835] ================================================================== [693354.105094] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in bfq_io_set_weight_legacy+0xd3/0x160 [693354.105336] Read of size 4 at addr ffff888be0a35664 by task sh/1453338 [693354.105607] CPU: 41 PID: 1453338 Comm: sh Kdump: loaded Not tainted 4.18.0-147 [693354.105610] Hardware name: Huawei 2288H V5/BC11SPSCB0, BIOS 0.81 07/02/2018 [693354.105612] Call Trace: [693354.105621] dump_stack+0xf1/0x19b [693354.105626] ? show_regs_print_info+0x5/0x5 [693354.105634] ? printk+0x9c/0xc3 [693354.105638] ? cpumask_weight+0x1f/0x1f [693354.105648] print_address_description+0x70/0x360 [693354.105654] kasan_report+0x1b2/0x330 [693354.105659] ? bfq_io_set_weight_legacy+0xd3/0x160 [693354.105665] ? bfq_io_set_weight_legacy+0xd3/0x160 [693354.105670] bfq_io_set_weight_legacy+0xd3/0x160 [693354.105675] ? bfq_cpd_init+0x20/0x20 [693354.105683] cgroup_file_write+0x3aa/0x510 [693354.105693] ? ___slab_alloc+0x507/0x540 [693354.105698] ? cgroup_file_poll+0x60/0x60 [693354.105702] ? 0xffffffff89600000 [693354.105708] ? usercopy_abort+0x90/0x90 [693354.105716] ? mutex_lock+0xef/0x180 [693354.105726] kernfs_fop_write+0x1ab/0x280 [693354.105732] ? cgroup_file_poll+0x60/0x60 [693354.105738] vfs_write+0xe7/0x230 [693354.105744] ksys_write+0xb0/0x140 [693354.105749] ? __ia32_sys_read+0x50/0x50 [693354.105760] do_syscall_64+0x112/0x370 [693354.105766] ? syscall_return_slowpath+0x260/0x260 [693354.105772] ? do_page_fault+0x9b/0x270 [693354.105779] ? prepare_exit_to_usermode+0xf9/0x1a0 [693354.105784] ? enter_from_user_mode+0x30/0x30 [693354.105793] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x65/0xca [693354.105875] Allocated by task 1453337: [693354.106001] kasan_kmalloc+0xa0/0xd0 [693354.106006] kmem_cache_alloc_node_trace+0x108/0x220 [693354.106010] bfq_pd_alloc+0x96/0x120 [693354.106015] blkcg_activate_policy+0x1b7/0x2b0 [693354.106020] bfq_create_group_hierarchy+0x1e/0x80 [693354.106026] bfq_init_queue+0x678/0x8c0 [693354.106031] blk_mq_init_sched+0x1f8/0x460 [693354.106037] elevator_switch_mq+0xe1/0x240 [693354.106041] elevator_switch+0x25/0x40 [693354.106045] elv_iosched_store+0x1a1/0x230 [693354.106049] queue_attr_store+0x78/0xb0 [693354.106053] kernfs_fop_write+0x1ab/0x280 [693354.106056] vfs_write+0xe7/0x230 [693354.106060] ksys_write+0xb0/0x140 [693354.106064] do_syscall_64+0x112/0x370 [693354.106069] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x65/0xca [693354.106114] Freed by task 1453336: [693354.106225] __kasan_slab_free+0x130/0x180 [693354.106229] kfree+0x90/0x1b0 [693354.106233] blkcg_deactivate_policy+0x12c/0x220 [693354.106238] bfq_exit_queue+0xf5/0x110 [693354.106241] blk_mq_exit_sched+0x104/0x130 [693354.106245] __elevator_exit+0x45/0x60 [693354.106249] elevator_switch_mq+0xd6/0x240 [693354.106253] elevator_switch+0x25/0x40 [693354.106257] elv_iosched_store+0x1a1/0x230 [693354.106261] queue_attr_store+0x78/0xb0 [693354.106264] kernfs_fop_write+0x1ab/0x280 [693354.106268] vfs_write+0xe7/0x230 [693354.106271] ksys_write+0xb0/0x140 [693354.106275] do_syscall_64+0x112/0x370 [693354.106280] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x65/0xca [693354.106329] The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff888be0a35580 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-1k of size 1024 [693354.106736] The buggy address is located 228 bytes inside of 1024-byte region [ffff888be0a35580, ffff888be0a35980) [693354.107114] The buggy address belongs to the page: [693354.107273] page:ffffea002f828c00 count:1 mapcount:0 mapping:ffff888107c17080 index:0x0 compound_mapcount: 0 [693354.107606] flags: 0x17ffffc0008100(slab|head) [693354.107760] raw: 0017ffffc0008100 ffffea002fcbc808 ffffea0030bd3a08 ffff888107c17080 [693354.108020] r ---truncated---

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-05-21

Last modified 2024-12-23

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

7.8

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-416

CVE-2021-47379 is a Use After Free vulnerability

What is Use After Free?

The product references memory after it has been freed, which may cause it to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. Learn more on MITRE CWE

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 4.14.51, 4.16.17, 4.17 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.4.150, 5.10.70, 5.14.9, 5.15 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 4.14.51 ≥ 4.16.17 ≥ 4.17

Fixed in

✓ 5.4.150 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.70 5.10.x ✓ 5.14.9 5.14.x ✓ 5.15

References

4 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c2c69e010431b0157c9454adcdd2305809bf9fb

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/858560b27645e7e97aca37ee8f232cccd658fbd2

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d12ddd843f1877de1f7dd2aeea4907cf9ff3ac08

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f58d305887ad7b24986d58e881f6806bb81b2bdf

Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2021-47379

Severity High

CVSS score 7.8 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-05-21

Modified 2024-12-23

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-47379?

CVE-2021-47379 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10 , classified as an Use After Free flaw (CWE-416) . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.14.51 onward and has been patched in 5.4.150, 5.10.70, 5.14.9 and others. CVE-2021-47379 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2021-47379?

CVE-2021-47379 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2021-47379?

Yes. CVE-2021-47379 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.150, 5.10.70, 5.14.9 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.14.51 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2021-47379 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2021-47379 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.