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CVE-2021-47556

· Published 24/05/2024 15:15 · Modified 24/05/2024 18:09

Labels: CVE-2021-47556 2024-05-24416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67CVE-2021-47556

Essential information

Published
24/05/2024 15:15
Modified
24/05/2024 18:09
Author
Creator
CISA KEV
No
CWE

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ethtool: ioctl: fix potential NULL deref in ethtool_set_coalesce() ethtool_set_coalesce() now uses both the .get_coalesce() and .set_coalesce() callbacks. But the check for their availability is buggy, so changing the coalesce settings on a device where the driver provides only _one_ of the callbacks results in a NULL pointer dereference instead of an -EOPNOTSUPP. Fix the condition so that the availability of both callbacks is ensured. This also matches the netlink code. Note that reproducing this requires some effort - it only affects the legacy ioctl path, and needs a specific combination of driver options: - have .get_coalesce() and .coalesce_supported but no .set_coalesce(), or - have .set_coalesce() but no .get_coalesce(). Here eg. ethtool doesn't cause the crash as it first attempts to call ethtool_get_coalesce() and bails out on error.

NVD status

Status
Awaiting Analysis — CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.
Source
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
NVD
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