CVE-2021-29266
High
CVE-2021-29266
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.11.9. drivers/vhost/vdpa.c has a use-after-free because v->config_ctx has an invalid value upon re-opening a character device, aka CID-f6bbf0010ba0.
Exploit probability
0.3%
Published
March 26, 2021
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
04 / EVIDENCE
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Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2021-29266
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An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.11.9. drivers/vhost/vdpa.c has a use-after-free because v->config_ctx has an invalid value upon re-opening a character device, aka CID-f6bbf0010ba0.
05 / REFERENCES