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high 7.8

CVE-2021-47082 json

tun: avoid double free in tun_free_netdev

published 2024-03-04 2 y ago modified 2026-08-05 3 mo ago also EUVD-2021-33730

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 16%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tun: avoid double free in tun_free_netdev

Avoid double free in tun_free_netdev() by moving the dev->tstats and tun->security allocs to a new ndo_init routine (tun_net_init()) that will be called by register_netdevice(). ndo_init is paired with the desctructor (tun_free_netdev()), so if there's an error in register_netdevice() the destructor will handle the frees.

BUG: KASAN: double-free or invalid-free in selinux_tun_dev_free_security+0x1a/0x20 security/selinux/hooks.c:5605

CPU: 0 PID: 25750 Comm: syz-executor416 Not tainted 5.16.0-rc2-syzk #1 Hardware name: Red Hat KVM, BIOS Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x89/0xb5 lib/dump_stack.c:106 print_address_description.constprop.9+0x28/0x160 mm/kasan/report.c:247 kasan_report_invalid_free+0x55/0x80 mm/kasan/report.c:372 ____kasan_slab_free mm/kasan/common.c:346 [inline] __kasan_slab_free+0x107/0x120 mm/kasan/common.c:374 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:235 [inline] slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1723 [inline] slab_free_freelist_hook mm/slub.c:1749 [inline] slab_free mm/slub.c:3513 [inline] kfree+0xac/0x2d0 mm/slub.c:4561 selinux_tun_dev_free_security+0x1a/0x20 security/selinux/hooks.c:5605 security_tun_dev_free_security+0x4f/0x90 security/security.c:2342 tun_free_netdev+0xe6/0x150 drivers/net/tun.c:2215 netdev_run_todo+0x4df/0x840 net/core/dev.c:10627 rtnl_unlock+0x13/0x20 net/core/rtnetlink.c:112 __tun_chr_ioctl+0x80c/0x2870 drivers/net/tun.c:3302 tun_chr_ioctl+0x2f/0x40 drivers/net/tun.c:3311 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:874 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:860 [inline] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x19d/0x220 fs/ioctl.c:860 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x3a/0x80 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 3.11, 3.12, 4.19.280, 5.4.240, 5.10.136, 5.15.12, 5.16
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.15.15-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47082

  • linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-156.173
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1107.115
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1110.119
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1054.59
  • linux-iot Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1019.20
  • linux-kvm Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1096.102
  • linux-azure Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1114.120
  • linux-gkeop Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1074.78

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47082

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1
  • kernel-syms-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1
  • kernel-source-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1
  • kernel-64kb SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS, Enterprise Storage 7.1 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1
  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS +1 more 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1
  • kernel-source SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS +1 more 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1
  • kernel-default SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.2 +5 more 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1
  • kernel-preempt SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS +1 more 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:1490-1SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1SUSE-SU-2024:1480-1SUSE-SU-2024:1466-1SUSE-SU-2024:1465-1SUSE-SU-2024:1454-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2021-47082 updated cvss 4.4

kernel: tun: avoid double free in tun_free_netdev

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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