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DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47379

HighCVSS 7.8 / 10
Published May 21, 2024·Last modified Jun 15, 2026
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Description

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---

Risk Scores
Base Score
7.8

The vulnerability requires local access to the device to be exploited. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker needs basic access or low-level privileges. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information. There is a high impact on the integrity of the data. There is a high impact on the availability of the system.

Threat Intelligence
7.1

Exploitation activity has been observed. Apply available patches or mitigations urgently.

EPSS
N/A

Probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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