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416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67CVE-2021-47537

HistoryMay 24, 2024 - 3:15 p.m.

CVE-2021-47537

2024-05-2415:15:17

CWE-401

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

web.nvd.nist.gov

linux kernel

memleak bug

rvu_mbox_init

octeontx2-af

static analyzer

memory leak

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

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

6.8 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.0%

JSON

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

octeontx2-af: Fix a memleak bug in rvu_mbox_init()

In rvu_mbox_init(), mbox_regions is not freed or passed out
under the switch-default region, which could lead to a memory leak.

Fix this bug by changing ‘return err’ to ‘goto free_regions’.

This bug was found by a static analyzer. The analysis employs
differential checking to identify inconsistent security operations
(e.g., checks or kfrees) between two code paths and confirms that the
inconsistent operations are not recovered in the current function or
the callers, so they constitute bugs.

Note that, as a bug found by static analysis, it can be a false
positive or hard to trigger. Multiple researchers have cross-reviewed
the bug.

Builds with CONFIG_OCTEONTX2_AF=y show no new warnings,
and our static analyzer no longer warns about this code.

Affected configurations

Vulners

NVD

Node

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.12–5.15.7

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.16.0≥

CPENameOperatorVersion
linux:linux_kernellinux linux kernellt5.15.7

CPE	Name	Operator	Version
linux:linux_kernel	linux linux kernel	lt	5.15.7

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/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "98c561116360",
        "lessThan": "1c0ddef45b7e",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "98c561116360",
        "lessThan": "e07a097b4986",
        "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/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "5.12",
        "status": "affected"
      },
      {
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "5.12",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.15.7",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.16",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
      }
    ]
  }
]