Bug 2271481 (CVE-2021-47141)

Summary:	CVE-2021-47141 kernel: gve: Add NULL pointer checks when freeing irqs.
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Mauro Matteo Cascella <mcascell>
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, 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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OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	kernel 5.4.124, 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 Generic Virtual Ethernet (gve) driver in the Linux kernel. A NULL pointer dereference could occur during the freeing of notification blocks. This issue arises when attempting to index priv->msix_vectors without prior allocation, potentially leading to a crash if the driver is unloaded.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Blocks:	2271565

Description Mauro Matteo Cascella 2024-03-25 17:51:12 UTC

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

gve: Add NULL pointer checks when freeing irqs.

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2021-47141 to this issue.

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024032557-CVE-2021-47141-ce47@gregkh/T

Comment 2 Alex 2024-06-09 15:12:07 UTC

The result of automatic check (that is developed by Alexander Larkin) for this CVE-2021-47141 is: CHECK	Maybe valid. Check manually. with impact MODERATE (that is approximation based on flags REMOTE NULLPTR INIT 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.