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debiancveDebian Security Bug TrackerDEBIANCVE:CVE-2021-47040
HistoryFeb 28, 2024 - 9:15 a.m.

CVE-2021-47040

2024-02-2809:15:39
Debian Security Bug Tracker
security-tracker.debian.org
6
linux kernel
io_uring
vulnerability
overflow
sign extension
provide buffers

7 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.7%

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring: fix overflows checks in provide buffers Colin reported before possible overflow and sign extension problems in io_provide_buffers_prep(). As Linus pointed out previous attempt did nothing useful, see d81269fecb8ce (“io_uring: fix provide_buffers sign extension”). Do that with help of check_<op>_overflow helpers. And fix struct io_provide_buf::len type, as it doesn’t make much sense to keep it signed.

7 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.7%