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CVE-2021-47170

2024-03-2500:00:00
ubuntu.com
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linux kernel
usb vulnerability
usbfs
syzbot
buffer allocation
kernel bug
user request
memory allocation
invalid request
usbfs code
async transfers
isochronous transfers
mm subsystem
kmalloc calls

6.8 Medium

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.

6.8 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.7%

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