5.5
CVE-2021-47556
- EPSS 0.18%
- Veröffentlicht 24.05.2024 15:15:20
- Zuletzt bearbeitet 21.11.2024 06:36:32
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ethtool: ioctl: fix potential NULL deref in ethtool_set_coalesce()
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.
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Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 5.15 < 5.15.6
VulnDex Vulnerability Enrichment
| Typ | Quelle | Score | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPSS | FIRST.org | 0.18% | 0.079 |
| Quelle | Base Score | Exploit Score | Impact Score | Vector String |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIST | 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
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CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0276af2176c78771da7f311621a25d7608045827
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abfdd9e2f0f9699015d72317f74154d3e53664e6