Bug 2266443 (CVE-2021-46936) - CVE-2021-46936 kernel: net: fix use-after-free in tw_timer_handler
Summary: CVE-2021-46936 kernel: net: fix use-after-free in tw_timer_handler
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2021-46936
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2266444
Blocks: 2266445
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2024-02-27 21:40 UTC by Nick Tait
Modified: 2024-03-06 17:16 UTC (History)
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Description Nick Tait 2024-02-27 21:40:11 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: fix use-after-free in tw_timer_handler

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2021-46936 to this issue.

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024022751-CVE-2021-46936-2f8a@gregkh/T/#u
Comment 1 Nick Tait 2024-02-27 21:40:37 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2266444]
Comment 5 Justin M. Forbes 2024-02-27 22:54:58 UTC 
This was fixed for Fedora with the 5.15.13 stable kernel updates.
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