Attacker Value
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User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
Low
Attack Vector
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CVE-2021-47559

Disclosure Date: May 24, 2024
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Description

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

net/smc: Fix NULL pointer dereferencing in smc_vlan_by_tcpsk()

Coverity reports a possible NULL dereferencing problem:

in smc_vlan_by_tcpsk():

  1. returned_null: netdev_lower_get_next returns NULL (checked 29 out of 30 times).
  2. var_assigned: Assigning: ndev = NULL return value from netdev_lower_get_next.
    1623 ndev = (struct net_device *)netdev_lower_get_next(ndev, &lower);
    CID 1468509 (#1 of 1): Dereference null return value (NULL_RETURNS)
  3. dereference: Dereferencing a pointer that might be NULL ndev when calling is_vlan_dev.
    1624 if (is_vlan_dev(ndev)) {

Remove the manual implementation and use netdev_walk_all_lower_dev() to
iterate over the lower devices. While on it remove an obsolete function
parameter comment.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
5.5 Medium
Impact Score:
3.6
Exploitability Score:
1.8
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
Low
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
None
Integrity (I):
None
Availability (A):
High

General Information

Vendors

  • linux

Products

  • linux kernel

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