Use-after-free in nVidia products - CVE-2021-1114
Published: August 5, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU55587
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-1114
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in the kernel crypto node. A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Jetson AGX Xavier series
Jetson Xavier NX
Jetson TX2 series
Jetson TX2 NX
Jetson Xavier NX
Jetson TX2 series
Jetson TX2 NX
How to mitigate CVE-2021-1114
Install updates from vendor's website.
Jetson AGX Xavier series - update to 32.6.1
Jetson Xavier NX - update to 32.6.1
Jetson TX2 series - update to 32.6.1
Jetson TX2 NX - update to 32.6.1
Jetson Xavier NX - update to 32.6.1
Jetson TX2 series - update to 32.6.1
Jetson TX2 NX - update to 32.6.1