{"cve":"CVE-2021-47638","nvd":{"published":"2025-02-26T06:37:05.580","modified":"2026-08-04T10:17:11.823","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nubifs: rename_whiteout: Fix double free for whiteout_ui->data\n\n'whiteout_ui->data' will be freed twice if space budget fail for\nrename whiteout operation as following process:\n\nrename_whiteout\n  dev = kmalloc\n  whiteout_ui->data = dev\n  kfree(whiteout_ui->data)  // Free first time\n  iput(whiteout)\n    ubifs_free_inode\n      kfree(ui->data)\t    // Double free!\n\nKASAN reports:\n==================================================================\nBUG: KASAN: double-free or invalid-free in ubifs_free_inode+0x4f/0x70\nCall Trace:\n  kfree+0x117/0x490\n  ubifs_free_inode+0x4f/0x70 [ubifs]\n  i_callback+0x30/0x60\n  rcu_do_batch+0x366/0xac0\n  __do_softirq+0x133/0x57f\n\nAllocated by task 1506:\n  kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x3c2/0x7a0\n  do_rename+0x9b7/0x1150 [ubifs]\n  ubifs_rename+0x106/0x1f0 [ubifs]\n  do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80\n\nFreed by task 1506:\n  kfree+0x117/0x490\n  do_rename.cold+0x53/0x8a [ubifs]\n  ubifs_rename+0x106/0x1f0 [ubifs]\n  do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80\n\nThe buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88810238bed8 which\nbelongs to the cache kmalloc-8 of size 8\n==================================================================\n\nLet ubifs_free_inode() free 'whiteout_ui->data'. BTW, delete unused\nassignment 'whiteout_ui->data_len = 0', process 'ubifs_evict_inode()\n-> ubifs_jnl_delete_inode() -> ubifs_jnl_write_inode()' doesn't need it\n(because 'inc_nlink(whiteout)' won't be excuted by 'goto out_release',\n and the nlink of whiteout inode is 0).","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-415"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14276d38c89a170363e90b6ac0a53c3cf61b87fc","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ad07009c459e56ebdcc089d850d664660fdb742","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b3236ecf96db7af5836e1366ce39ace8ce832fa","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40a8f0d5e7b3999f096570edab71c345da812e3e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d7a158a7363c1f6604aa47ae1a280a5c65123dd"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:59:48.811064707+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2021-47638","score":0.0026,"percentile":0.17806,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}