CVE-2021-33034
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
7.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.8%
55.6th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-416
Published 2021-05-14 · modified 2026-08-13
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
| Attack Vector | L | Local |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Privileges Required | L | Low |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | H | High |
| Integrity | H | High |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2021-05-14 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-08-13 — Last modified (NVD)
Description
In the Linux kernel before 5.12.4, net/bluetooth/hci_event.c has a use-after-free when destroying an hci_chan, aka CID-5c4c8c954409. This leads to writing an arbitrary value.
Affected
References
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.12.4
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5c4c8c9544099bb9043a10a5318130a943e32fc3
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00019.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00020.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GI7Z7UBWBGD3ABNIL2DC7RQDCGA4UVQW/
- exploit https://sites.google.com/view/syzscope/kasan-use-after-free-read-in-hci_send_acl
- exploit https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=2e1943a94647f7732dd6fc60368642d6e8dc91b1
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.12.4
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5c4c8c9544099bb9043a10a5318130a943e32fc3
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00019.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00020.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GI7Z7UBWBGD3ABNIL2DC7RQDCGA4UVQW/
- exploit https://sites.google.com/view/syzscope/kasan-use-after-free-read-in-hci_send_acl
- exploit https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=2e1943a94647f7732dd6fc60368642d6e8dc91b1