CVE-2021-47604

vduse: check that offset is within bounds in get_config()

State
Published
Severity
7.1 High
Published
Jun 19, 2024
Updated
Aug 5, 2026
Reserved
May 24, 2024

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Description

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

vduse: check that offset is within bounds in get_config()

This condition checks "len" but it does not check "offset" and that could result in an out of bounds read if "offset > dev->config_size". The problem is that since both variables are unsigned the "dev->config_size - offset" subtraction would result in a very high unsigned value.

I think these checks might not be necessary because "len" and "offset" are supposed to already have been validated using the vhost_vdpa_config_validate() function. But I do not know the code perfectly, and I like to be safe.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HLinux

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • c8a6153b6c59d95c0e091f053f6f180952ade91e to before ebbbc5fea3f648175df1aa3f127c78eb0252cc2aAffected
  • c8a6153b6c59d95c0e091f053f6f180952ade91e to before dc1db0060c02d119fd4196924eff2d1129e9a442Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 5.15Affected
  • before 5.15Not affected
  • 5.15.11 through 5.15.*Not affected
  • 5.16 and laterNot affected

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