Riskcovery

CVE-2021-47501

i40e: Fix NULL pointer dereference in i40e_dbg_dump_desc

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
May 24, 2024
Updated
May 11, 2026
Reserved
May 22, 2024

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Description

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

i40e: Fix NULL pointer dereference in i40e_dbg_dump_desc

When trying to dump VFs VSI RX/TX descriptors using debugfs there was a crash due to NULL pointer dereference in i40e_dbg_dump_desc. Added a check to i40e_dbg_dump_desc that checks if VSI type is correct for dumping RX/TX descriptors.

Scores

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Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 02e9c290814cc143ceccecb14eac3e7a05da745e to before e5b7fb2198abc50058f1a29c395b004f76ab1c83Affected
  • 02e9c290814cc143ceccecb14eac3e7a05da745e to before 16431e442db248ecd8aa9457cf0a656f1885f56eAffected
  • 02e9c290814cc143ceccecb14eac3e7a05da745e to before 23ec111bf3549aae37140330c31a16abfc172421Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 3.12Affected
  • before 3.12Not affected
  • 5.10.85 through 5.10.*Not affected
  • 5.15.8 through 5.15.*Not affected
  • 5.16 and laterNot affected

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