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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 28, 2021· Updated Aug 3, 2024

CVE-2021-20292

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.

Affected products

182

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

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