Name | CVE-2021-20292 |
Description | There is a flaw reported in the Linux kernel in versions before 5.9 in drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_sgdma.c in nouveau_sgdma_create_ttm in Nouveau DRM subsystem. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker with a local account with a root privilege, can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute code in the context of the kernel. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
References | DLA-2689-1, ELA-458-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
---|---|---|---|
linux (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.16.84-1 | vulnerable |
stretch (security) | 4.9.320-2 | fixed | |
stretch (lts), stretch | 4.9.320-3 | fixed | |
buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 4.19.316-1 | fixed | |
bullseye (security), bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | fixed | |
bookworm | 6.1.106-3 | fixed | |
bookworm (security) | 6.1.99-1 | fixed | |
trixie | 6.10.6-1 | fixed | |
sid | 6.10.7-1 | fixed | |
linux-4.9 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 4.9.303-1~deb8u3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
linux | source | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
linux | source | stretch | 4.9.272-1 | DLA-2689-1 | ||
linux | source | buster | 4.19.146-1 | |||
linux | source | (unstable) | 5.7.17-1 | |||
linux-4.9 | source | jessie | 4.9.272-1~deb8u2 | ELA-458-1 |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939686
https://git.kernel.org/linus/5de5b6ecf97a021f29403aa272cb4e03318ef586