CVE-2021-47523

Medium

Description

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().

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedMay 24, 2024
First seenMay 24, 2024

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel5.10.85, 5.15.8 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel4.5 ≤ v < 5.10.85, 5.11 ≤ v < 5.15.8, 5.165.10.85, 5.15.8

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