DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46904
- Source
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-46904
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46904.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46904
- Upstream
- Published
- 2024-02-26T16:27:45Z
- Modified
- 2026-09-01T20:04:34Z
- Severity
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- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: hso: fix null-ptr-deref during tty device unregistration Multiple ttys try to claim the same the minor number causing a double unregistration of the same device. The first unregistration succeeds but the next one results in a null-ptr-deref. The get_free_serial_index() function returns an available minor number but doesn't assign it immediately. The assignment is done by the caller later. But before this assignment, calls to get_free_serial_index() would return the same minor number. Fix this by modifying get_free_serial_index to assign the minor number immediately after one is found to be and rename it to obtain_minor() to better reflect what it does. Similary, rename set_serial_by_index() to release_minor() and modify it to free up the minor number of the given hso_serial. Every obtain_minor() should have corresponding release_minor() call.
- References
Affected packages
Debian:12 / linux
Package
- Name
- linux
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=bookworm
Debian:13 / linux
Package
- Name
- linux
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=trixie
Debian:14 / linux
Package
- Name
- linux
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=forky