5.5

CVE-2021-4441

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

spi: spi-zynq-qspi: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in zynq_qspi_exec_mem_op()

In zynq_qspi_exec_mem_op(), kzalloc() is directly used in memset(),
which could lead to a NULL pointer dereference on failure of
kzalloc().

Fix this bug by adding a check of tmpbuf.

This bug was found by a static analyzer. The analysis employs
differential checking to identify inconsistent security operations
(e.g., checks or kfrees) between two code paths and confirms that the
inconsistent operations are not recovered in the current function or
the callers, so they constitute bugs.

Note that, as a bug found by static analysis, it can be a false
positive or hard to trigger. Multiple researchers have cross-reviewed
the bug.

Builds with CONFIG_SPI_ZYNQ_QSPI=m show no new warnings,
and our static analyzer no longer warns about this code.
Data is provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 5.2 < 5.4.182
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 5.5 < 5.10.103
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 5.11 < 5.15.26
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 5.16 < 5.16.12
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version5.17 Updaterc1
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version5.17 Updaterc2
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version5.17 Updaterc3
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version5.17 Updaterc4
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version5.17 Updaterc5
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Type Source Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.02% 0.025
CVSS Metriken
Source Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector string
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.