Bug 2282584 (CVE-2021-47233)

Summary:	CVE-2021-47233 kernel: regulator: rt4801: Fix NULL pointer dereference if priv->enable_gpios is NULL
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	ybuenos
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
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, mbenatto, mleitner, mmilgram, mstowell, nmurray, ptalbert, rparrazo, rrobaina, rvrbovsk, scweaver, sidakwo, sukulkar, tglozar, vkumar, wcosta, williams, wmealing, ycote, ykopkova, zhijwang
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	kernel 5.10.46, kernel 5.12.13, kernel 5.13	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's regulator driver for the RT4801. The issue occurs when the function tries to access a GPIO setting, but it fails because the associated pointer is NULL which lead to crash the system when the system attempts to use these GPIOs without proper checks.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Blocks:	2282975

Description ybuenos 2024-05-22 15:28:59 UTC

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

regulator: rt4801: Fix NULL pointer dereference if priv-&gt;enable_gpios is NULL

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2021-47233 to this issue.

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024052139-CVE-2021-47233-e795@gregkh/T

Comment 1 Alex 2024-06-09 14:30:16 UTC

The result of automatic check (that is developed by Alexander Larkin) for this CVE-2021-47233 is: 	SKIP	No affected files built, so skip this CVE	NO			-	-	unknown	 (where first YES/NO value means if related sources built).