VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-47165

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.23%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-03-25
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-476

Primary references