CVE-2021-47613

High

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: virtio: fix completion handling The driver currently assumes that the notify callback is only received when the device is done with all the queued buffers. However, this is not true, since the notify callback could be called without any of the queued buffers being completed (for example, with virtio-pci and shared interrupts) or with only some of the buffers being completed (since the driver makes them available to the device in multiple separate virtqueue_add_sgs() calls). This can lead to incorrect data on the I2C bus or memory corruption in the guest if the device operates on buffers which are have been freed by the driver. (The WARN_ON in the driver is also triggered.) BUG kmalloc-128 (Tainted: G W ): Poison overwritten First byte 0x0 instead of 0x6b Allocated in i2cdev_ioctl_rdwr+0x9d/0x1de age=243 cpu=0 pid=28 memdup_user+0x2e/0xbd i2cdev_ioctl_rdwr+0x9d/0x1de i2cdev_ioctl+0x247/0x2ed vfs_ioctl+0x21/0x30 sys_ioctl+0xb18/0xb41 Freed in i2cdev_ioctl_rdwr+0x1bb/0x1de age=68 cpu=0 pid=28 kfree+0x1bd/0x1cc i2cdev_ioctl_rdwr+0x1bb/0x1de i2cdev_ioctl+0x247/0x2ed vfs_ioctl+0x21/0x30 sys_ioctl+0xb18/0xb41 Fix this by calling virtio_get_buf() from the notify handler like other virtio drivers and by actually waiting for all the buffers to be completed.

Package Linux Kernel
Published 2024-06-19
Last modified 2024-11-21
CVSS version 3.1
Patch available
Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

7.8

out of 10
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2021-47613 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Frequently asked questions

  • What is CVE-2021-47613?

    CVE-2021-47613 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10 . CVE-2021-47613 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

  • What is the CVSS score for CVE-2021-47613?

    CVE-2021-47613 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H .

  • Is there a patch available for CVE-2021-47613?

    No patch is currently available for CVE-2021-47613. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

  • Is CVE-2021-47613 actively exploited?

    No — CVE-2021-47613 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.