5.5

CVE-2021-47523

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

IB/hfi1: Fix leak of rcvhdrtail_dummy_kvaddr

This buffer is currently allocated in hfi1_init():

	if (reinit)
		ret = init_after_reset(dd);
	else
		ret = loadtime_init(dd);
	if (ret)
		goto done;

	/* allocate dummy tail memory for all receive contexts */
	dd->rcvhdrtail_dummy_kvaddr = dma_alloc_coherent(&dd->pcidev->dev,
							 sizeof(u64),
							 &dd->rcvhdrtail_dummy_dma,
							 GFP_KERNEL);

	if (!dd->rcvhdrtail_dummy_kvaddr) {
		dd_dev_err(dd, "cannot allocate dummy tail memory\n");
		ret = -ENOMEM;
		goto done;
	}

The reinit triggered path will overwrite the old allocation and leak it.

Fix by moving the allocation to hfi1_alloc_devdata() and the deallocation
to hfi1_free_devdata().

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LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 4.5 < 5.10.85
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.11 < 5.15.8
LinuxLinux Kernel Version5.16 Updaterc1
LinuxLinux Kernel Version5.16 Updaterc2
LinuxLinux Kernel Version5.16 Updaterc3
LinuxLinux Kernel Version5.16 Updaterc4
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Type Source Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.02% 0.03
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-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory.