CVE-2021-47612

2024-06-1915:15:55

CWE-476

Linux

web.nvd.nist.gov

linux kernel

nfc vulnerability

segfault

CVSS3

5.5

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

AI Score

6.4

Confidence

Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.0%

JSON

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nfc: fix segfault in nfc_genl_dump_devices_done

When kmalloc in nfc_genl_dump_devices() fails then
nfc_genl_dump_devices_done() segfaults as below

KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000008-0x000000000000000f]
CPU: 0 PID: 25 Comm: kworker/0:1 Not tainted 5.16.0-rc4-01180-g2a987e65025e-dirty #5
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.14.0-6.fc35 04/01/2014
Workqueue: events netlink_sock_destruct_work
RIP: 0010:klist_iter_exit+0x26/0x80
Call Trace:
<TASK>
class_dev_iter_exit+0x15/0x20
nfc_genl_dump_devices_done+0x3b/0x50
genl_lock_done+0x84/0xd0
netlink_sock_destruct+0x8f/0x270
__sk_destruct+0x64/0x3b0
sk_destruct+0xa8/0xd0
__sk_free+0x2e8/0x3d0
sk_free+0x51/0x90
netlink_sock_destruct_work+0x1c/0x20
process_one_work+0x411/0x710
worker_thread+0x6fd/0xa80

Affected configurations

Nvd

Vulners

Node

linuxlinux_kernelRange<4.4.296

linuxlinux_kernelRange4.5–4.9.294

linuxlinux_kernelRange4.10–4.14.259

linuxlinux_kernelRange4.15–4.19.222

linuxlinux_kernelRange4.20–5.4.167

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.5–5.10.87

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.11–5.15.10

VendorProductVersionCPE
linuxlinux_kernel*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
linux	linux_kernel	*	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::

CNA Affected

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    "programFiles": [
      "net/nfc/netlink.c"
    ],
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    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
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    ],
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        "status": "unaffected",
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      },
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        "version": "4.9.294",
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        "status": "unaffected",
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        "version": "4.14.259",
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        "status": "unaffected",
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        "version": "4.19.222",
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        "status": "unaffected",
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        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
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        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
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        "version": "5.15.10",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.16",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
      }
    ]
  }
]