ghsa-wr25-pp74-7c53
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-24 19:03
Modified
2022-05-24 19:03
Severity ?
Details
There is a flaw reported in the Linux kernel in versions before 5.9 in drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_sgdma.c in nouveau_sgdma_create_ttm in Nouveau DRM subsystem. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker with a local account with a root privilege, can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute code in the context of the kernel.
{ affected: [], aliases: [ "CVE-2021-20292", ], database_specific: { cwe_ids: [ "CWE-416", ], github_reviewed: false, github_reviewed_at: null, nvd_published_at: "2021-05-28T11:15:00Z", severity: "HIGH", }, details: "There is a flaw reported in the Linux kernel in versions before 5.9 in drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_sgdma.c in nouveau_sgdma_create_ttm in Nouveau DRM subsystem. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker with a local account with a root privilege, can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute code in the context of the kernel.", id: "GHSA-wr25-pp74-7c53", modified: "2022-05-24T19:03:37Z", published: "2022-05-24T19:03:37Z", references: [ { type: "ADVISORY", url: "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20292", }, { type: "WEB", url: "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939686", }, { type: "WEB", url: "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00020.html", }, ], schema_version: "1.4.0", severity: [ { score: "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", type: "CVSS_V3", }, ], }
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