CVE-2021-4150
At a glance Severity Not available EPSS EPSS 0.34 % · percentile 27 (2026-10-27) State PUBLISHED Published 2022-03-23 Updated 2024-08-03 Assigner redhat NVD status Modified Description 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.
Scores Version Score Vector Scored by CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM 4.9 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
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Affected configurations (NVD CPE) cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 5.15cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*Affected products Product Versions kernel affected kernel 5.15 rc7
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