CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-46894

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Jul 06, 2023 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Use After Free (UAF) vulnerability in the uinput module.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to kernel privilege escalation.

Weakness

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Emui Huawei 12.0.0 (including) 12.0.0 (including)
Harmonyos Huawei 2.0.0 (including) 2.0.0 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References