CVE-2021-20292
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2021-05-28T10:42:44
State: PUBLISHED
affected: product: kernel
vendor: n/a
versions: status: affected
version: Kernel 5.9
descriptions: value: 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.
problemTypes: descriptions: cweId: CWE-416
description: CWE-416
type: CWE