Lucene search

K
nvd416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67NVD:CVE-2021-47276
HistoryMay 21, 2024 - 3:15 p.m.

CVE-2021-47276

2024-05-2115:15:15
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
web.nvd.nist.gov
6
linux kernel
ftrace
vulnerability
memory address

AI Score

6.3

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0

Percentile

13.0%

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

ftrace: Do not blindly read the ip address in ftrace_bug()

It was reported that a bug on arm64 caused a bad ip address to be used for
updating into a nop in ftrace_init(), but the error path (rightfully)
returned -EINVAL and not -EFAULT, as the bug caused more than one error to
occur. But because -EINVAL was returned, the ftrace_bug() tried to report
what was at the location of the ip address, and read it directly. This
caused the machine to panic, as the ip was not pointing to a valid memory
address.

Instead, read the ip address with copy_from_kernel_nofault() to safely
access the memory, and if it faults, report that the address faulted,
otherwise report what was in that location.

AI Score

6.3

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0

Percentile

13.0%