Bug 2282921 (CVE-2021-47494)

Summary:	CVE-2021-47494 kernel: cfg80211: fix management registrations locking
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, mleitner, mmilgram, mstowell, nmurray, ptalbert, rparrazo, rrobaina, rvrbovsk, rysulliv, scweaver, sidakwo, sukulkar, tglozar, trathi, tyberry, vkumar, wcosta, williams, wmealing, ycote, ykopkova, zhijwang
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	kernel 5.10.77, kernel 5.14.16, kernel 5.15	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's `cfg80211` module, where improper locking of management registrations could lead to list corruption. This issue occurred because the `cfg80211_mgmt_registrations_update()` function iterated over a list without holding the correct spinlocks.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Blocks:	2282978

Description ybuenos 2024-05-23 10:22:39 UTC

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

cfg80211: fix management registrations locking

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2021-47494 to this issue.

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024052241-CVE-2021-47494-d0d7@gregkh/T

Comment 2 Alex 2024-06-09 16:09:37 UTC

The result of automatic check (that is developed by Alexander Larkin) for this CVE-2021-47494 is: CHECK	Maybe valid. Check manually. with impact MODERATE (that is an approximation based on flags REMOTE LOCK DANGER INIT  ; these flags parsed automatically based on patch 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.