CVE-2021-47657: linux kernel vulnerability

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/virtio: Ensure that objs is not NULL in virtio_gpu_array_put_free() If virtio_gpu_object_shmem_init() fails (e.g. due to fault injection, as it happened in the bug report by syzbot), virtio_gpu_array_put_free() could be called with objs equal to NULL. Ensure that objs is not NULL in virtio_gpu_array_put_free(), or otherwise return from the function.
CVE-2021-47657CVSS 5.5Linux

CVE-2021-47657: linux kernel vulnerability

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/virtio: Ensure that objs is not NULL in virtio_gpu_array_put_free() If virtio_gpu_object_shmem_init() fails (e.g. due to fault injection, as it happened in the bug report by syzbot), virtio_gpu_array_put_free() could be called with objs equal to NULL. Ensure that objs is not NULL in virtio_gpu_array_put_free(), or otherwise return from the function.

CVSS
5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS
17.5%
Known exploited
not in KEV
Product
linux kernel

What is known

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/virtio: Ensure that objs is not NULL in virtio_gpu_array_put_free() If virtio_gpu_object_shmem_init() fails (e.g. due to fault injection, as it happened in the bug report by syzbot), virtio_gpu_array_put_free() could be called with objs equal to NULL. Ensure that objs is not NULL in virtio_gpu_array_put_free(), or otherwise return from the function.

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