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CVE-2021-46956— virtiofs: fix memory leak in virtio_fs_probe()

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Affected
Linux Linux
Exploitation
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Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel 存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于 virtio_fs_probe() 中存在内存泄漏。

AI Predicted 5.3 Difficulty: Trivial EPSS 0.23% · P13

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

T1587.001 · Malware

Affected Version Matrix 12

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux a62a8ef9d97da23762a588592c8b8eb50a8deb6a< 310efc95c72c13faf855c692d19cd4d054d827c8 affected
a62a8ef9d97da23762a588592c8b8eb50a8deb6a< d19555ff225d0896a33246a49279e6d578095f15 affected
a62a8ef9d97da23762a588592c8b8eb50a8deb6a< 9b9d60c0eb8ada99cce2a9ab5c15dffc523b01ae affected
a62a8ef9d97da23762a588592c8b8eb50a8deb6a< 5116e79fc6e6725b8acdad8b7e928a83ab7b47e6 affected
a62a8ef9d97da23762a588592c8b8eb50a8deb6a< c79c5e0178922a9e092ec8fed026750f39dcaef4 affected
5.4 affected
< 5.4 unaffected
5.4.118≤ 5.4.* unaffected
… +4 more rows
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2021-46956

Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
virtiofs: fix memory leak in virtio_fs_probe()
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: virtiofs: fix memory leak in virtio_fs_probe() When accidentally passing twice the same tag to qemu, kmemleak ended up reporting a memory leak in virtiofs. Also, looking at the log I saw the following error (that's when I realised the duplicated tag): virtiofs: probe of virtio5 failed with error -17 Here's the kmemleak log for reference: unreferenced object 0xffff888103d47800 (size 1024): comm "systemd-udevd", pid 118, jiffies 4294893780 (age 18.340s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 ad 4e ad de ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 .....N.......... ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 80 90 02 a0 ff ff ff ff ................ backtrace: [<000000000ebb87c1>] virtio_fs_probe+0x171/0x7ae [virtiofs] [<00000000f8aca419>] virtio_dev_probe+0x15f/0x210 [<000000004d6baf3c>] really_probe+0xea/0x430 [<00000000a6ceeac8>] device_driver_attach+0xa8/0xb0 [<00000000196f47a7>] __driver_attach+0x98/0x140 [<000000000b20601d>] bus_for_each_dev+0x7b/0xc0 [<00000000399c7b7f>] bus_add_driver+0x11b/0x1f0 [<0000000032b09ba7>] driver_register+0x8f/0xe0 [<00000000cdd55998>] 0xffffffffa002c013 [<000000000ea196a2>] do_one_initcall+0x64/0x2e0 [<0000000008f727ce>] do_init_module+0x5c/0x260 [<000000003cdedab6>] __do_sys_finit_module+0xb5/0x120 [<00000000ad2f48c6>] do_syscall_64+0x33/0x40 [<00000000809526b5>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel 存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于 virtio_fs_probe() 中存在内存泄漏。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
Linux Linux a62a8ef9d97da23762a588592c8b8eb50a8deb6a ~ 310efc95c72c13faf855c692d19cd4d054d827c8 -
Linux Linux 5.4 -

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Other References for CVE-2021-46956 (4)

Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2024-02-27 · 67 CVEs total

CVE-2021-46911 9.8 CRITICAL ch_ktls: Fix kernel panic
CVE-2021-46955 8.2 HIGH openvswitch: fix stack OOB read while fragmenting IPv4 packets
CVE-2021-46963 7.8 HIGH scsi: qla2xxx: Fix crash in qla2xxx_mqueuecommand()
CVE-2021-46925 7.8 HIGH net/smc: fix kernel panic caused by race of smc_sock
CVE-2021-46929 7.8 HIGH sctp: use call_rcu to free endpoint
CVE-2021-46913 7.8 HIGH netfilter: nftables: clone set element expression template
CVE-2021-46973 7.8 HIGH net: qrtr: Avoid potential use after free in MHI send
CVE-2021-46936 7.8 HIGH net: fix use-after-free in tw_timer_handler
CVE-2021-46933 7.8 HIGH usb: gadget: f_fs: Clear ffs_eventfd in ffs_data_clear.
CVE-2021-46969 7.8 HIGH bus: mhi: core: Fix invalid error returning in mhi_queue
CVE-2021-46958 7.8 HIGH btrfs: fix race between transaction aborts and fsyncs leading to use-after-free
CVE-2021-46967 7.8 HIGH vhost-vdpa: fix vm_flags for virtqueue doorbell mapping
CVE-2021-46921 7.8 HIGH locking/qrwlock: Fix ordering in queued_write_lock_slowpath()
CVE-2021-46922 7.8 HIGH KEYS: trusted: Fix TPM reservation for seal/unseal
CVE-2021-46948 7.5 HIGH sfc: farch: fix TX queue lookup in TX event handling
CVE-2021-46960 7.5 HIGH cifs: Return correct error code from smb2_get_enc_key
CVE-2021-46912 7.3 HIGH net: Make tcp_allowed_congestion_control readonly in non-init netns
CVE-2021-46908 7.1 HIGH bpf: Use correct permission flag for mixed signed bounds arithmetic
CVE-2021-46974 7.1 HIGH bpf: Fix masking negation logic upon negative dst register
CVE-2021-46910 7.0 HIGH ARM: 9063/1: mm: reduce maximum number of CPUs if DEBUG_KMAP_LOCAL is enabled

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