# CVE-2021-36144: 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.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-07-02 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/projectacrn/acrn-hypervisor/pull/6268/commits/dd88504804e186029f845a166dc5c31695e2cca2

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