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nvd416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67NVD:CVE-2021-47170
HistoryMar 25, 2024 - 10:15 a.m.

CVE-2021-47170

2024-03-2510:15:08
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
web.nvd.nist.gov
linux kernel
usb
memory allocation

7.5 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.7%

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

USB: usbfs: Don’t WARN about excessively large memory allocations

Syzbot found that the kernel generates a WARNing if the user tries to
submit a bulk transfer through usbfs with a buffer that is way too
large. This isn’t a bug in the kernel; it’s merely an invalid request
from the user and the usbfs code does handle it correctly.

In theory the same thing can happen with async transfers, or with the
packet descriptor table for isochronous transfers.

To prevent the MM subsystem from complaining about these bad
allocation requests, add the __GFP_NOWARN flag to the kmalloc calls
for these buffers.

7.5 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.7%