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CVE-2021-47461

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2024-05-22 Modified: 2026-08-04

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: userfaultfd: fix a race between writeprotect and exit_mmap() A race is possible when a process exits, its VMAs are removed by exit_mmap() and at the same time userfaultfd_writeprotect() is called. The race was detected by KASAN on a development kernel, but it appears to be possible on vanilla kernels as well. Use mmget_not_zero() to prevent the race as done in other userfaultfd operations.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-362

References