CVE-2021-46935
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2021
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
binder: fix async_free_space accounting for empty parcels
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: binder: fix async_free_space accounting for empty parcels In 4.13, commit 74310e06be4d ("android: binder: Move buffer out of area shared with user space") fixed a kernel structure visibility issue. As part of that patch, sizeof(void *) was used as the buffer size for 0-length data payloads so the driver could detect abusive clients sending 0-length asynchronous transactions to a server by enforcing limits on async_free_size. Unfortunately, on the "free" side, the accounting of async_free_space did not add the sizeof(void *) back. The result was that up to 8-bytes of async_free_space were leaked on every async transaction of 8-bytes or less. These small transactions are uncommon, so this accounting issue has gone undetected for several years. The fix is to use "buffer_size" (the allocated buffer size) instead of "size" (the logical buffer size) when updating the async_free_space during the free operation. These are the same except for this corner case of asynchronous transactions with payloads < 8 bytes.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74310e06be4d74dcf67cd108366710dee5c576d5 | affected | git | 2d2df539d05205fd83c404d5f2dff48d36f9b495 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 74310e06be4d74dcf67cd108366710dee5c576d5 | affected | git | 7c7064402609aeb6fb11be1b4ec10673ff17b593 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 74310e06be4d74dcf67cd108366710dee5c576d5 | affected | git | 103b16a8c51f96d5fe063022869ea906c256e5da | Unavailable | None listed |
| 74310e06be4d74dcf67cd108366710dee5c576d5 | affected | git | 1cb8444f3114f0bb2f6e3bcadcf09aa4a28425d4 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 74310e06be4d74dcf67cd108366710dee5c576d5 | affected | git | 17691bada6b2f1d5f1c0f6d28cd9d0727023b0ff | Unavailable | None listed |
| 74310e06be4d74dcf67cd108366710dee5c576d5 | affected | git | cfd0d84ba28c18b531648c9d4a35ecca89ad9901 | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.14 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 4.14 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 4.14.261 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 4.14.* | None listed |
| 4.19.224 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 4.19.* | None listed |
| 5.4.170 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.4.* | None listed |
| 5.10.90 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.10.* | None listed |
| 5.15.13 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.15.* | None listed |
| 5.16 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |