In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: hso: fix NULL-deref on disconnect regression Commit 8a12f8836145 ("net: hso: fix null-ptr-deref during tty device unregistration") fixed the racy minor allocation reported by syzbot, but introduced an unconditional NULL-pointer dereference on every disconnect instead. Specifically, the serial device table must no longer be accessed after the minor has been released by hso_serial_tty_unregister().
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2024-02-25T14:03:40.944Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T05:17:42.986Z

Reserved: 2024-02-25T13:45:52.717Z

Link: CVE-2021-46905

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T05:17:42.986Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-02-26T16:27:45.367

Modified: 2024-04-17T19:30:05.020

Link: CVE-2021-46905

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-02-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-46905 - Bugzilla