CVE-2021-46930 usb: mtu3: fix list_head check warning

What is CVE-2021-46930?

CVE-2021-46930 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Feb 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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

usb: mtu3: fix list_head check warning

This is caused by uninitialization of list_head.

BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __list_del_entry_valid+0x34/0xe4

Call trace: dump_backtrace+0x0/0x298 show_stack+0x24/0x34 dump_stack+0x130/0x1a8 print_address_description+0x88/0x56c __kasan_report+0x1b8/0x2a0 kasan_report+0x14/0x20 __asan_load8+0x9c/0xa0 __list_del_entry_valid+0x34/0xe4 mtu3_req_complete+0x4c/0x300 [mtu3] mtu3_gadget_stop+0x168/0x448 [mtu3] usb_gadget_unregister_driver+0x204/0x3a0 unregister_gadget_item+0x44/0xa4

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-46930?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2021-46930?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2021-46930 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-46930 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46930, GHSA-5rmh-6fjp-jmcp, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46930.