CVE-2021-47358

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)

0.2%

15.7th percentile

CISA KEV

Not listed

Weakness / dates

CWE-416

Published 2024-05-21 · modified 2026-08-04

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

2024-05-21 — Published (NVD)
2026-08-04 — Last modified (NVD)

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: greybus: uart: fix tty use after free User space can hold a tty open indefinitely and tty drivers must not release the underlying structures until the last user is gone. Switch to using the tty-port reference counter to manage the life time of the greybus tty state to avoid use after free after a disconnect.

Affected

linux

References

Official: NVD · CVE.org