mac80211: fix locking in ieee80211_start_ap error path (Linux Linux)

CVE-2021-47091
MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.17 % · percentile 6 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mac80211: fix locking in ieee80211_start_ap error path We need to hold the local->mtx to release the channel context, as even encoded by the lockdep_assert_held() there. Fix it.

Weaknesses (CWE)

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 295b02c4be74bebf988593b8322369513fcecf68 < ac61b9c6c0549aaeb98194cf429d93c41bfe5f79 ; affected 295b02c4be74bebf988593b8322369513fcecf68 < c1d1ec4db5f7264cfc21993e59e8f2dcecf4b44f ; affected 295b02c4be74bebf988593b8322369513fcecf68 < 87a270625a89fc841f1a7e21aae6176543d8385c
Linux · Linuxaffected 5.10 ; unaffected 0 < 5.10 ; unaffected 5.10.89 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.12 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 5.16 ≤ *

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD