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CVE-2021-4150 (GCVE-0-2021-4150)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-03-23 19:46 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:16
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Summary
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.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a kernel Affected: kernel 5.15 rc7
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