CVE-2021-47290

2024-05-2115:15:17

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

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linux kernel

vulnerability

null dereference

xcopy

completion

fix

6.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.1%

JSON

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

scsi: target: Fix NULL dereference on XCOPY completion

CPU affinity control added with commit 39ae3edda325 (“scsi: target: core:
Make completion affinity configurable”) makes target_complete_cmd() queue
work on a CPU based on se_tpg->se_tpg_wwn->cmd_compl_affinity state.

LIO’s EXTENDED COPY worker is a special case in that read/write cmds are
dispatched using the global xcopy_pt_tpg, which carries a NULL se_tpg_wwn
pointer following initialization in target_xcopy_setup_pt().

The NULL xcopy_pt_tpg->se_tpg_wwn pointer is dereferenced on completion of
any EXTENDED COPY initiated read/write cmds. E.g using the libiscsi
SCSI.ExtendedCopy.Simple test:

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000001a8
RIP: 0010:target_complete_cmd+0x9d/0x130 [target_core_mod]
Call Trace:
fd_execute_rw+0x148/0x42a [target_core_file]
? __dynamic_pr_debug+0xa7/0xe0
? target_check_reservation+0x5b/0x940 [target_core_mod]
__target_execute_cmd+0x1e/0x90 [target_core_mod]
transport_generic_new_cmd+0x17c/0x330 [target_core_mod]
target_xcopy_issue_pt_cmd+0x9/0x60 [target_core_mod]
target_xcopy_read_source.isra.7+0x10b/0x1b0 [target_core_mod]
? target_check_fua+0x40/0x40 [target_core_mod]
? transport_complete_task_attr+0x130/0x130 [target_core_mod]
target_xcopy_do_work+0x61f/0xc00 [target_core_mod]

This fix makes target_complete_cmd() queue work on se_cmd->cpuid if
se_tpg_wwn is NULL.

Affected configurations

Vulners

Node

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.13–5.13.6

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.14.0≥

CNA Affected

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  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "drivers/target/target_core_transport.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "39ae3edda325",
        "lessThan": "e7732c5a19a1",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "39ae3edda325",
        "lessThan": "a47fa41381a0",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "drivers/target/target_core_transport.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "5.13",
        "status": "affected"
      },
      {
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "5.13",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.13.6",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.13.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.14",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
      }
    ]
  }
]