Bug 2267531 (CVE-2021-47079)

Summary:	CVE-2021-47079 kernel: platform/x86: ideapad-laptop: fix a NULL pointer dereference
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	ybuenos
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
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Description ybuenos 2024-03-03 09:49:04 UTC

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

platform/x86: ideapad-laptop: fix a NULL pointer dereference

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2021-47079 to this issue.

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024030142-CVE-2021-47079-3934@gregkh/T/#u

Comment 1 ybuenos 2024-03-03 09:49:49 UTC

Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2267532]

Comment 5 Justin M. Forbes 2024-03-04 20:38:09 UTC

This was fixed for Fedora with the 5.12.7 stable kernel updates.

Comment 6 Alex 2024-06-09 13:30:07 UTC

The result of automatic check (that is developed by Alexander Larkin) for this CVE-2021-47079 is: 	SKIP	The Fixes patch not applied yet, so unlikely that actual: ff36b0d953dc4	YES			NO	YES	unknown (where first YES/NO value means if related sources built).