Bug 2267185 (CVE-2021-47055)

Summary:	CVE-2021-47055 kernel: mtd: require write permissions for locking and badblock ioctls
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Avinash Hanwate <ahanwate>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	acaringi, allarkin, aquini, bhu, chwhite, cye, cyin, dbohanno, debarbos, dfreiber, drow, dvlasenk, esandeen, ezulian, hkrzesin, jarod, jburrell, jdenham, jfaracco, jforbes, jlelli, joe.lawrence, jshortt, jstancek, jwyatt, kcarcia, ldoskova, lgoncalv, lzampier, mleitner, mmilgram, mstowell, nmurray, ptalbert, rparrazo, rrobaina, rvrbovsk, rysulliv, scweaver, sidakwo, sukulkar, tglozar, tyberry, vkumar, wcosta, williams, wmealing, ycote, ykopkova, zhijwang
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	kernel 4.4.269, kernel 4.9.269, kernel 4.14.233, kernel 4.19.191, kernel 5.4.119, kernel 5.10.37, kernel 5.11.21, kernel 5.12.4, kernel 5.13	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the Linux Kernel, requiring write permissions for locking and badblock ioctls, as they modify protection bits.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2267186
Bug Blocks:	2267188

Description Avinash Hanwate 2024-03-01 05:09:37 UTC

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

mtd: require write permissions for locking and badblock ioctls

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2021-47055 to this issue.

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024022950-CVE-2021-47055-6927@gregkh/T/#u

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2024-03-01 05:10:13 UTC

Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2267186]

Comment 5 Justin M. Forbes 2024-03-01 18:10:13 UTC

This was fixed for Fedora with the 5.12.4 stable kernel updates.

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2024-06-05 00:30:43 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2024:3618 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3618

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2024-06-05 10:03:57 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2024:3627 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3627