CVE-2021-47525 (GCVE-0-2021-47525)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-24 15:09 – Updated: 2026-05-11 13:56
VLAI
Title
serial: liteuart: fix use-after-free and memleak on unbind
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: serial: liteuart: fix use-after-free and memleak on unbind Deregister the port when unbinding the driver to prevent it from being used after releasing the driver data and leaking memory allocated by serial core.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-05-28 15:21 UTC
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 1da81e5562fac8286567422cc56a7fbd0dc646d4 , < 602824cf9aa9db8830ffe5cfb2cd54365cada4fe (git)
Affected: 1da81e5562fac8286567422cc56a7fbd0dc646d4 , < 05f929b395dec8957b636ff14e66b277ed022ed9 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.11
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.11 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.7 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.16 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

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  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
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  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.



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