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CVE-2021-46924

NFC: st21nfca: Fix memory leak in device probe and remove

Severity Score

5.5
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Track
*SSVC
Descriptions

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFC: st21nfca: Fix memory leak in device probe and remove 'phy->pending_skb' is alloced when device probe, but forgot to free
in the error handling path and remove path, this cause memory leak
as follows: unreferenced object 0xffff88800bc06800 (size 512): comm "8", pid 11775, jiffies 4295159829 (age 9.032s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<00000000d66c09ce>] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x1ed/0x450 [<00000000c93382b3>] kmalloc_reserve+0x37/0xd0 [<000000005fea522c>] __alloc_skb+0x124/0x380 [<0000000019f29f9a>] st21nfca_hci_i2c_probe+0x170/0x8f2 Fix it by freeing 'pending_skb' in error and remove.

En el kernel de Linux, se resolvió la siguiente vulnerabilidad: NFC: st21nfca: corrige la pérdida de memoria en la sonda del dispositivo y elimina 'phy-&gt;pending_skb' cuando se asigna la sonda del dispositivo, pero olvidó liberarla en la ruta de manejo de errores y eliminar la ruta, esto causa pérdida de memoria de la siguiente manera: objeto sin referencia 0xffff88800bc06800 (tamaño 512): comunicación "8", pid 11775, santiago 4295159829 (edad 9.032 s) volcado hexadecimal (primeros 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................. backtrace: [&lt;00000000d66c09ce&gt;] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x1ed/0x450 [&lt;00000000c93382b3&gt;] kmalloc_reserve+0x37/0xd0 [&lt;000000005fea522c&gt;] __alloc_skb+0x124/0x380 [ &lt;0000000019f29f9a&gt;] st21nfca_hci_i2c_probe+0x170/0x8f2 Solucionarlo liberando 'pending_skb' por error y elimínelo.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFC: st21nfca: Fix memory leak in device probe and remove 'phy->pending_skb' is alloced when device probe, but forgot to free in the error handling path and remove path, this cause memory leak as follows: unreferenced object 0xffff88800bc06800 (size 512): comm "8", pid 11775, jiffies 4295159829 (age 9.032s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<00000000d66c09ce>] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x1ed/0x450 [<00000000c93382b3>] kmalloc_reserve+0x37/0xd0 [<000000005fea522c>] __alloc_skb+0x124/0x380 [<0000000019f29f9a>] st21nfca_hci_i2c_probe+0x170/0x8f2 Fix it by freeing 'pending_skb' in error and remove.

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CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track
Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2024-02-25 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-02-27 CVE Published
  • 2024-12-19 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Linux
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>= 3.16 < 4.14.261
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 3.16 < 4.19.224
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 3.16 < 5.4.170
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Linux
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>= 3.16 < 5.10.90
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 3.16 < 5.15.13
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Linux
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>= 3.16 < 5.16
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