CVE - CVE-2021-4150

CVE-ID
CVE-2021-4150	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
A use-after-free flaw was found in the add_partition in block/partitions/core.c in the Linux kernel. A local attacker with user privileges could cause a denial of service on the system. The issue results from the lack of code cleanup when device_add call fails when adding a partition to the disk.
References
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MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2025938 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2025938 MISC:https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/10/18/485 URL:https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/10/18/485 MISC:https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/9/6/781 URL:https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/9/6/781
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20211221	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20211221)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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