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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
linux kernel
ftrace
vulnerability
memory address

6.3 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

13.1%

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.

6.3 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

13.1%