Attacker Value
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Exploitability
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User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
Low
Attack Vector
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CVE-2021-47165

Disclosure Date: March 25, 2024 •
CVE-2021-47165 CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.5
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Description

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

drm/meson: fix shutdown crash when component not probed

When main component is not probed, by example when the dw-hdmi module is
not loaded yet or in probe defer, the following crash appears on shutdown:

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000038
…
pc : meson_drv_shutdown+0x24/0x50
lr : platform_drv_shutdown+0x20/0x30
…
Call trace:
meson_drv_shutdown+0x24/0x50
platform_drv_shutdown+0x20/0x30
device_shutdown+0x158/0x360
kernel_restart_prepare+0x38/0x48
kernel_restart+0x18/0x68
__do_sys_reboot+0x224/0x250
__arm64_sys_reboot+0x24/0x30
…

Simply check if the priv struct has been allocated before using it.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
5.5 Medium
Impact Score:
3.6
Exploitability Score:
1.8
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
Low
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
None
Integrity (I):
None
Availability (A):
High

General Information

Offensive Application
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Utility Class
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Ports
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OS
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Vulnerable Versions
Linux b4298d33c1fc
Linux e256a0eb43e1
Linux 4ce2bf20b4a6
Linux d66083c0d6f5
Linux b4b91033a0b1
Linux not down converted
Prerequisites
Unknown
Discovered By
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PoC Author
Unknown
Metasploit Module
Unknown
Reporter
Unknown

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