CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-25370

Use After Free

Published: Mar 26, 2021 | Modified: Feb 14, 2025
CVSS 3.x
4.4
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

An incorrect implementation handling file descriptor in dpu driver prior to SMR Mar-2021 Release 1 results in memory corruption leading to kernel panic.

Weakness

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory “belongs” to the code that operates on the new pointer.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Android Samsung 8.0 (including) 8.0 (including)
Android Samsung 8.1 (including) 8.1 (including)
Android Samsung 9.0-smr-apr-2019-r1 (including) 9.0-smr-apr-2019-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 9.0-smr-apr-2020-r1 (including) 9.0-smr-apr-2020-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 9.0-smr-aug-2019-r1 (including) 9.0-smr-aug-2019-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 9.0-smr-aug-2020-r1 (including) 9.0-smr-aug-2020-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 9.0-smr-dec-2018-r1 (including) 9.0-smr-dec-2018-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 9.0-smr-dec-2019-r1 (including) 9.0-smr-dec-2019-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 9.0-smr-dec-2020-r1 (including) 9.0-smr-dec-2020-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 9.0-smr-feb-2019-r1 (including) 9.0-smr-feb-2019-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 9.0-smr-feb-2020-r1 (including) 9.0-smr-feb-2020-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 9.0-smr-feb-2021-r1 (including) 9.0-smr-feb-2021-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 9.0-smr-jan-2019-r1 (including) 9.0-smr-jan-2019-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 9.0-smr-jan-2020-r1 (including) 9.0-smr-jan-2020-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 9.0-smr-jan-2021-r1 (including) 9.0-smr-jan-2021-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 9.0-smr-jul-2019-r1 (including) 9.0-smr-jul-2019-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 9.0-smr-jul-2020-r1 (including) 9.0-smr-jul-2020-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 9.0-smr-jun-2019-r1 (including) 9.0-smr-jun-2019-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 9.0-smr-jun-2020-r1 (including) 9.0-smr-jun-2020-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 9.0-smr-mar-2019-r1 (including) 9.0-smr-mar-2019-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 9.0-smr-mar-2020-r1 (including) 9.0-smr-mar-2020-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 9.0-smr-may-2019-r1 (including) 9.0-smr-may-2019-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 9.0-smr-may-2020-r1 (including) 9.0-smr-may-2020-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 9.0-smr-nov-2018-r1 (including) 9.0-smr-nov-2018-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 9.0-smr-nov-2019-r1 (including) 9.0-smr-nov-2019-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 9.0-smr-nov-2020-r1 (including) 9.0-smr-nov-2020-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 9.0-smr-oct-2018-r1 (including) 9.0-smr-oct-2018-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 9.0-smr-oct-2019-r1 (including) 9.0-smr-oct-2019-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 9.0-smr-oct-2020-r1 (including) 9.0-smr-oct-2020-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 9.0-smr-sep-2019-r1 (including) 9.0-smr-sep-2019-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 9.0-smr-sep-2020-r1 (including) 9.0-smr-sep-2020-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 10.0-smr-apr-2020-r1 (including) 10.0-smr-apr-2020-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 10.0-smr-aug-2020-r1 (including) 10.0-smr-aug-2020-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 10.0-smr-dec-2019-r1 (including) 10.0-smr-dec-2019-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 10.0-smr-dec-2020-r1 (including) 10.0-smr-dec-2020-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 10.0-smr-feb-2020-r1 (including) 10.0-smr-feb-2020-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 10.0-smr-feb-2021-r1 (including) 10.0-smr-feb-2021-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 10.0-smr-jan-2020-r1 (including) 10.0-smr-jan-2020-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 10.0-smr-jan-2021-r1 (including) 10.0-smr-jan-2021-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 10.0-smr-jul-2020-r1 (including) 10.0-smr-jul-2020-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 10.0-smr-jun-2020-r1 (including) 10.0-smr-jun-2020-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 10.0-smr-mar-2020-r1 (including) 10.0-smr-mar-2020-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 10.0-smr-may-2020-r1 (including) 10.0-smr-may-2020-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 10.0-smr-nov-2019-r1 (including) 10.0-smr-nov-2019-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 10.0-smr-nov-2020-r1 (including) 10.0-smr-nov-2020-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 10.0-smr-oct-2020-r1 (including) 10.0-smr-oct-2020-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 10.0-smr-sep-2020-r1 (including) 10.0-smr-sep-2020-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 11.0-smr-dec-2020-r1 (including) 11.0-smr-dec-2020-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 11.0-smr-feb-2021-r1 (including) 11.0-smr-feb-2021-r1 (including)
Android Samsung 11.0-smr-jan-2021-r1 (including) 11.0-smr-jan-2021-r1 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References