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Then cb is used by cb->id later,\nwhich is a potential uaf.\n\nMy patch add a variable 'id' to accept the value of cb->id before the\nhl_cb_put(cb) is called, to avoid the potential uaf." } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The vulnerable path is reached by opening and closing the local HabanaLabs char device (/dev/hl*), which triggers context release, memory scrubbing, and gaudi_memset_device_memory; it is not reachable via network packets.\nAC:L - An attacker who can open the device reliably drives the put-then-use-id cleanup on every scrub/memset invocation, and use-after-free races of this kind are treated as attacker-influencible rather than requiring uncontrollable conditions.\nPR:L - hl_device_open performs no capability check, and Gaudi device nodes are routinely granted to unprivileged users via udev group/world permissions in real deployments, matching other scored habanalabs CVEs.\nUI:N - The attacker triggers the bug solely by opening and closing the device themselves; no separate victim action is required.\nS:U - Impact is confined to the host kernel authority (local privilege escalation / memory corruption); there is no VM, IOMMU, or other security-authority boundary crossed.\nC:H - This is a use-after-free on a kernel command-buffer object; UAF enables heap reuse and disclosure of freed object contents, so confidentiality impact is High.\nI:H - Use-after-free of the CB object can be turned into heap spray and arbitrary write / control-flow hijacking primitives, so integrity impact is High.\nA:H - Use-after-free of kernel memory can cause kernel oops/panic or device-driver failure, yielding High availability impact." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/misc/habanalabs/gaudi/gaudi.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "423815bf02e257091d5337be5c63b57fc29e4254", "lessThan": "b49f5af30b0e4064fbd91e83823a4bfcb2c7a3e7", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "423815bf02e257091d5337be5c63b57fc29e4254", "lessThan": "115726c5d312b462c9d9931ea42becdfa838a076", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/misc/habanalabs/gaudi/gaudi.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "5.12", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "5.12", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.12.7", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.13", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.12", "versionEndExcluding": "5.12.7" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.12", "versionEndExcluding": "5.13" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b49f5af30b0e4064fbd91e83823a4bfcb2c7a3e7" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/115726c5d312b462c9d9931ea42becdfa838a076" } ], "title": "habanalabs/gaudi: Fix a potential use after free in gaudi_memset_device_memory", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } }, "adp": [ { "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "metrics": [ { "other": { "type": "ssvc", "content": { "id": "CVE-2021-47081", "role": "CISA Coordinator", "options": [ { "Exploitation": "none" }, { "Automatable": "no" }, { "Technical Impact": "partial" } ], "version": "2.0.3", "timestamp": "2024-03-04T19:32:29.244809Z" } } } ], "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2024-06-04T17:14:15.058Z" } }, { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-04T05:24:39.774Z" }, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b49f5af30b0e4064fbd91e83823a4bfcb2c7a3e7", "tags": [ "x_transferred" ] }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/115726c5d312b462c9d9931ea42becdfa838a076", "tags": [ "x_transferred" ] } ] } ] } }