Bug 2023588 (CVE-2021-0158) - CVE-2021-0158 kernel: improper input validation in the BIOS firmware
Summary: CVE-2021-0158 kernel: improper input validation in the BIOS firmware
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2021-0158
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2023590
Blocks: 2023585
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2021-11-16 05:47 UTC by Dhananjay Arunesh
Modified: 2021-11-29 08:39 UTC (History)
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A vulnerability was found in the BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) Processors caused by improper input validation. This flaw allows a user with local access to cause the device to elevate privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
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Last Closed: 2021-11-29 08:39:41 UTC
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Description Dhananjay Arunesh 2021-11-16 05:47:44 UTC 
A vulnerability was found in the BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) Processors due to improper input validation. In this flaw, a user with physical access may cause the device to elevate privileges.

References:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00562.html
Comment 1 Dhananjay Arunesh 2021-11-16 05:51:11 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2023590]
Comment 3 Justin M. Forbes 2021-11-17 14:25:35 UTC 
This appears to be something that intel is fixing in firmware, is there a kernel aspect to this that I am missing?
Comment 4 Rohit Keshri 2021-11-25 19:02:28 UTC 
In reply to comment #3:
> This appears to be something that intel is fixing in firmware, is there a
> kernel aspect to this that I am missing?

Yes, Intel is fixing this with a firmware upgrade, there will be no workarounds or OS fixes for these issues. RHEL is marked not affected.
Comment 7 Product Security DevOps Team 2021-11-29 08:39:37 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-0158
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