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CVE-2021-47139

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-03-25
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 5.10.42 / 5.12.9 or later.
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57/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: hns3: put off calling register_netdev() until client initialize complete Currently, the netdevice is registered before client initializing complete. So there is a timewindow between netdevice available and usable. In this case, if user try to change the channel number or ring param, it may cause the hns3_set_rx_cpu_rmap() being called twice, and report bug. [47199.416502] hns3 0000:35:00.0 eth1: set channels: tqp_num=1, rxfh=0 [47199.430340] hns3 0000:35:00.0 eth1: already uninitialized [47199.438554] hns3 0000:35:00.0: rss changes from 4 to 1 [47199.511854] hns3 0000:35:00.0: Channels changed, rss_size from 4 to 1, tqps from 4 to 1 [47200.163524] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [47200.171674] kernel BUG at lib/cpu_rmap.c:142! [47200.177847] Internal error: Oops - BUG: 0 [#1] PREEMPT SMP [47200.185259] Modules linked in: hclge(+) hns3(-) hns3_cae(O) hns_roce_hw_v2 hnae3 vfio_iommu_type1 vfio_pci vfio_virqfd vfio pv680_mii(O) [last unloaded: hclge] [47200.205912] CPU: 1 PID: 8260 Comm: ethtool Tainted: G O 5.11.0-rc3+ #1 [47200.215601] Hardware name: , xxxxxx 02/04/2021 [47200.223052] pstate: 60400009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO BTYPE=--) [47200.230188] pc : cpu_rmap_add+0x38/0x40 [47200.237472] lr : irq_cpu_rmap_add+0x84/0x140 [47200.243291] sp : ffff800010e93a30 [47200.247295] x29: ffff800010e93a30 x28: ffff082100584880 [47200.254155] x27: 0000000000000000 x26: 0000000000000000 [47200.260712] x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 0000000000000004 [47200.267241] x23: ffff08209ba03000 x22: ffff08209ba038c0 [47200.273789] x21: 000000000000003f x20: ffff0820e2bc1680 [47200.280400] x19: ffff0820c970ec80 x18: 00000000000000c0 [47200.286944] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: ffffb43debe4a0d0 [47200.293456] x15: fffffc2082990600 x14: dead000000000122 [47200.300059] x13: ffffffffffffffff x12: 000000000000003e [47200.306606] x11: ffff0820815b8080 x10: ffff53e411988000 [47200.313171] x9 : 0000000000000000 x8 : ffff0820e2bc1700 [47200.319682] x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 000000000000003f [47200.326170] x5 : 0000000000000040 x4 : ffff800010e93a20 [47200.332656] x3 : 0000000000000004 x2 : ffff0820c970ec80 [47200.339168] x1 : ffff0820e2bc1680 x0 : 0000000000000004 [47200.346058] Call trace: [47200.349324] cpu_rmap_add+0x38/0x40 [47200.354300] hns3_set_rx_cpu_rmap+0x6c/0xe0 [hns3] [47200.362294] hns3_reset_notify_init_enet+0x1cc/0x340 [hns3] [47200.370049] hns3_change_channels+0x40/0xb0 [hns3] [47200.376770] hns3_set_channels+0x12c/0x2a0 [hns3] [47200.383353] ethtool_set_channels+0x140/0x250 [47200.389772] dev_ethtool+0x714/0x23d0 [47200.394440] dev_ioctl+0x4cc/0x640 [47200.399277] sock_do_ioctl+0x100/0x2a0 [47200.404574] sock_ioctl+0x28c/0x470 [47200.409079] __arm64_sys_ioctl+0xb4/0x100 [47200.415217] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x84/0x210 [47200.422088] do_el0_svc+0x28/0x34 [47200.426387] el0_svc+0x28/0x70 [47200.431308] el0_sync_handler+0x1a4/0x1b0 [47200.436477] el0_sync+0x174/0x180 [47200.441562] Code: 11000405 79000c45 f8247861 d65f03c0 (d4210000) [47200.448869] ---[ end trace a01efe4ce42e5f34 ]--- The process is like below: excuting hns3_client_init | register_netdev() | hns3_set_channels() | | hns3_set_rx_cpu_rmap() hns3_reset_notify_uninit_enet() | | | quit without calling function | hns3_free_rx_cpu_rmap for flag | HNS3_NIC_STATE_INITED is unset. | | | hns3_reset_notify_init_enet() | | set HNS3_NIC_STATE_INITED call hns3_set_rx_cpu_rmap()-- crash Fix it by calling register_netdev() at the end of function hns3_client_init().

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis
How this class of weakness works · CWE-908

Memory or a resource is used before it has been initialised, so its contents are whatever happened to be there — sometimes leaking earlier data, sometimes values an attacker can influence. Behaviour becomes unpredictable and occasionally exploitable. Remediation is initialising every resource before use and ensuring initialisation happens on all code paths.

General guidance for the use of uninitialized resource class — the official description and references above are authoritative for this specific CVE. Want a bespoke review and a reviewed fix? Ask our team →

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Linux KernelOperating system
Affected:>= 5.6, < 5.10.42>= 5.11, < 5.12.9= 5.13

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 5.10.42 / 5.12.9 or later
Fixed in 5.10.425.12.9
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

5.10.42+/5.12.9+/5.13.1+/5.14+

  1. Upgrade the Linux kernel to version 5.10.42 or later within the 5.10.x branch
  2. Alternatively, upgrade to version 5.12.9 or later within the 5.12.x branch
  3. Alternatively, upgrade to version 5.13.1 or later within the 5.13.x branch
  4. Alternatively, upgrade to any kernel version >= 5.14 which contains the fix
Caveat Kernel upgrades may require system reboot; ensure compatibility with existing drivers and hardware before upgrading

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