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    CVE-2021-3782

    An internal reference count is held on the buffer pool, incremented every time a new buffer is created from the pool. The reference count is maintained as an int; on LP64 systems this can cause the reference count to overflow if the client creates a large number of wl_shm buffer objects, or if it can coerce the server to create a large number of external references to the buffer storage. With the reference count overflowing, a use-after-free can be constructed on the wl_shm_pool tracking structure, where values may be incremented or decremented; it may also be possible to construct a limited oracle to leak 4 bytes of server-side memory to the attacking client at a time.

    Published:Jul 30, 2022
    Last Modified:May 22, 2025
    EPS:Sep 23, 2022
    EPSS Score:0.0002
    CVSS Score:6.6

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Wayland
    Product
    Wayland

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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