Bug 2271451 (CVE-2021-47164)

Summary:	CVE-2021-47164 kernel: net/mlx5e: Fix null deref accessing lag dev
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Mauro Matteo Cascella <mcascell>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
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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, jlelli, joe.lawrence, jshortt, jstancek, jwyatt, kcarcia, ldoskova, lgoncalv, lzampier, mleitner, mmilgram, mstowell, nmurray, ptalbert, rparrazo, rrobaina, rvrbovsk, scweaver, sidakwo, sukulkar, tglozar, vkumar, wcosta, williams, wmealing, ycote, ykopkova, zhijwang
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OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	kernel 5.10.42, kernel 5.12.9, kernel 5.13	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A vulnerability was found in the net/mlx5e driver in the Linux kernel where a NULL pointer dereference was caused when accessing a lag device. This issue occurred because the driver processed an event without confirming the existence of an upper device, which led to potential crashes.	Story Points:	---
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Description Mauro Matteo Cascella 2024-03-25 17:22:14 UTC

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

net/mlx5e: Fix null deref accessing lag dev

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2021-47164 to this issue.

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024032535-CVE-2021-47164-0581@gregkh/T

Comment 2 Alex 2024-06-09 15:06:30 UTC

The result of automatic check (that is developed by Alexander Larkin) for this CVE-2021-47164 is: CHECK	Maybe valid. Check manually. with impact MODERATE (that is approximation based on flags REMOTE SIMPLEFIX NETWORK  ; these flags parsed automatically based on patche data). Such automatic check happens only for Low/Moderates (and only when not from reporter, but parsing already existing CVE). Highs always checked manually (I check it myself and then we check it again in Remediation team). In rare cases some of the Moderates could be increased to High later.