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CVE-2021-36144
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2021-07-02 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-416
Description
The polling timer handler in ACRN before 2.5 has a use-after-free for a freed virtio device, related to devicemodel/hw/pci/virtio/*.c.
Affected products
- Linux Acrn: before 2.5 — fixed in 2.5
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux Acrn 2.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://github.com/projectacrn/acrn-hypervisor/pull/6268/commits/dd88504804e186029f845a166dc5c31695e2cca2
- https://github.com/projectacrn/acrn-hypervisor/pull/6268/commits/dd88504804e186029f845a166dc5c31695e2cca2
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