Bug 2044512 (CVE-2021-34401)

Summary:	CVE-2021-34401 kernel: NVIDIA driver improper access control may lead to code execution
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Pedro Sampaio <psampaio>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	acaringi, adscvr, airlied, alciregi, bhu, brdeoliv, bskeggs, chwhite, crwood, dhoward, dvlasenk, fhrbata, fpacheco, hdegoede, hkrzesin, jarod, jarodwilson, jburrell, jeremy, jfaracco, jforbes, jglisse, jlelli, joe.lawrence, jonathan, josef, jshortt, jstancek, jwboyer, kcarcia, kernel-maint, kernel-mgr, lgoncalv, linville, lzampier, masami256, mchehab, nmurray, ptalbert, qzhao, rvrbovsk, scweaver, steved, vkumar, walters, williams
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OS:	Linux
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Bug Depends On:	2044513
Bug Blocks:	2044514

Description Pedro Sampaio 2022-01-24 17:50:34 UTC

NVIDIA Linux kernel distributions contain a vulnerability in nvmap
NVGPU_IOCTL_CHANNEL_SET_ERROR_NOTIFIER, where improper access control may lead
to code execution, compromised integrity, or denial of service.

References:

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5259

Comment 1 Pedro Sampaio 2022-01-24 17:51:13 UTC

Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2044513]

Comment 2 Justin M. Forbes 2022-01-25 17:22:21 UTC

This seems to be in their proprietary driver code that they ship in their android kernel.

Comment 3 juneau 2022-01-26 13:46:11 UTC

Hosted OpenShift/Managed Services notaffected.

Comment 5 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-01-26 20:01:01 UTC

This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-34401