In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/amd/display: Free local data after use

Fixes the following memory leak in dc_link_construct():

unreferenced object 0xffffa03e81471400 (size 1024):
comm "amd_module_load", pid 2486, jiffies 4294946026 (age 10.544s)
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:
[<000000000bdf5c4a>] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x30a/0x4a0
[<00000000e7c59f0e>] link_create+0xce/0xac0 [amdgpu]
[<000000002fb6c072>] dc_create+0x370/0x720 [amdgpu]
[<000000000094d1f3>] amdgpu_dm_init+0x18e/0x17a0 [amdgpu]
[<00000000bec048fd>] dm_hw_init+0x12/0x20 [amdgpu]
[<00000000a2bb7cf6>] amdgpu_device_init+0x1463/0x1e60 [amdgpu]
[<0000000032d3bb13>] amdgpu_driver_load_kms+0x5b/0x330 [amdgpu]
[<00000000a27834f9>] amdgpu_pci_probe+0x192/0x280 [amdgpu]
[<00000000fec7d291>] local_pci_probe+0x47/0xa0
[<0000000055dbbfa7>] pci_device_probe+0xe3/0x180
[<00000000815da970>] really_probe+0x1c4/0x4e0
[<00000000b4b6974b>] driver_probe_device+0x62/0x150
[<000000000f9ecc61>] device_driver_attach+0x58/0x60
[<000000000f65c843>] __driver_attach+0xd6/0x150
[<000000002f5e3683>] bus_for_each_dev+0x6a/0xc0
[<00000000a1cfc897>] driver_attach+0x1e/0x20

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00041.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Linux
  • Linux Kernel

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/296443139f893b554dddd56a99ba8471ab5802d4 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/616cf23b6cf40ad6f03ffbddfa1b6c4eb68d8ae1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024022838-CVE-2021-47042-142d@gregkh/T/#u cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-47042 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47042 cve-icon
History

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 19:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses CWE-401
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 13:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 11 Sep 2024 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-04T07:02:52.181Z

Reserved: 2024-02-27T18:42:55.969Z

Link: CVE-2021-47042

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T05:24:39.499Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-02-28T09:15:40.083

Modified: 2024-12-06T18:41:24.943

Link: CVE-2021-47042

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-02-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-47042 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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