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CVE-2021-47653· NVD / CVE Program· CNA Linux

media: davinci: vpif: fix use-after-free on driver unbind

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: davinci: vpif: fix use-after-free on driver unbind The driver allocates and registers two platform device structures during probe, but the devices were never deregistered on driver unbind. This results in a use-after-free on driver unbind as the device structures were allocated using devres and would be freed by driver core when remove() returns. Fix this by adding the missing deregistration calls to the remove() callback and failing probe on registration errors. Note that the platform device structures must be freed using a proper release callback to avoid leaking associated resources like device names.

HighCVSS 7.8 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Feb 26, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 17th percentile
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Action score

31

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.3%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

Affected systems

VendorProduct
linuxlinux kernel

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux linux kernel4.13 and later · before 5.15.54
  • linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 5.16.19
  • linux linux kernel5.17 and later · before 5.17.2

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 4.13affected
    • 479f7a1181058689435baddc16a6a42e1a8ff0e8 and later · before 6512c3c39cb6b573b791ce45365818a38b76afbeaffected · git
    • 479f7a1181058689435baddc16a6a42e1a8ff0e8 and later · before b5a3bb7f6f164eb6ee74ef4898dcd019b2063448affected · git
    • 479f7a1181058689435baddc16a6a42e1a8ff0e8 and later · before 9ffc602e14d7b9f7e7cb2f67e18dfef9ef8af676affected · git
    • 479f7a1181058689435baddc16a6a42e1a8ff0e8 and later · before 43acb728bbc40169d2e2425e84a80068270974beaffected · git
    • before 4.13not affected · semver
    • 5.15.54 and later · up to and including 5.15.*not affected · semver
    • 5.16.19 and later · up to and including 5.16.*not affected · semver
    • 5.17.2 and later · up to and including 5.17.*not affected · semver
    • 5.18 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 5.17.3-15.17.3-1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSSkernel-64kbbefore 5.3.18-150300.59.201.15.3.18-150300.59.201.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSSkernel-default-basebefore 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1.150300.18.120.15.3.18-150300.59.201.1.150300.18.120.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSSkernel-docsbefore 5.3.18-150300.59.201.15.3.18-150300.59.201.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSSkernel-obs-buildbefore 5.3.18-150300.59.201.15.3.18-150300.59.201.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSSkernel-preemptbefore 5.3.18-150300.59.201.15.3.18-150300.59.201.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSSkernel-sourcebefore 5.3.18-150300.59.201.15.3.18-150300.59.201.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSSkernel-symsbefore 5.3.18-150300.59.201.15.3.18-150300.59.201.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP3kernel-defaultbefore 5.3.18-150300.59.201.15.3.18-150300.59.201.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP3kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_56before 1-150300.7.3.11-150300.7.3.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1kernel-rtbefore 5.3.18-150300.205.15.3.18-150300.205.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1kernel-source-rtbefore 5.3.18-150300.205.15.3.18-150300.205.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSSkernel-zfcpdumpbefore 5.3.18-150300.59.201.15.3.18-150300.59.201.1

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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux43acb728bbc40169d2e2425e84a80068270974beVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux6512c3c39cb6b573b791ce45365818a38b76afbeVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux9ffc602e14d7b9f7e7cb2f67e18dfef9ef8af676Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxb5a3bb7f6f164eb6ee74ef4898dcd019b2063448Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux5.17.3-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
suse:kernel-64kb5.3.18-150300.59.201.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSSPackage registry (OSV)
suse:kernel-default5.3.18-150300.59.201.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP3Package registry (OSV)
suse:kernel-default-base5.3.18-150300.59.201.1.150300.18.120.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSSPackage registry (OSV)
suse:kernel-docs5.3.18-150300.59.201.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSSPackage registry (OSV)
suse:kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_561-150300.7.3.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP3Package registry (OSV)
suse:kernel-obs-build5.3.18-150300.59.201.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSSPackage registry (OSV)
suse:kernel-preempt5.3.18-150300.59.201.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSSPackage registry (OSV)
suse:kernel-rt5.3.18-150300.205.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1Package registry (OSV)
suse:kernel-source5.3.18-150300.59.201.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSSPackage registry (OSV)
suse:kernel-source-rt5.3.18-150300.205.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1Package registry (OSV)
suse:kernel-syms5.3.18-150300.59.201.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSSPackage registry (OSV)
suse:kernel-zfcpdump5.3.18-150300.59.201.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSSPackage registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-416 · Use After Free

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-secondary

Root cause

After a memory region is freed, another reference pointing to it is still used. By then, the same region may have been allocated for different data.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

c
free(dev->buf);/* ... another thread is still running ... */process(dev->buf);

Fixed

c
lock(&dev->lock);free(dev->buf);dev->buf = NULL;unlock(&dev->lock);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

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