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CVE-2021-47404

HIGH · 7.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-05-21
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 4.4.286 / 4.9.285 or later.
See remediation →
80/100
Remediation priority · High
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: HID: betop: fix slab-out-of-bounds Write in betop_probe Syzbot reported slab-out-of-bounds Write bug in hid-betopff driver. The problem is the driver assumes the device must have an input report but some malicious devices violate this assumption. So this patch checks hid_device's input is non empty before it's been used.

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-787

The program writes past the bounds of a buffer, overwriting adjacent memory an attacker can turn to their advantage. Crafted input can overwrite control data and redirect execution. Remediation is validating every index and length before a write, plus modern memory-safety mitigations.

General guidance for the out-of-bounds write 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:< 4.4.286>= 4.5, < 4.9.285>= 4.10, < 4.14.249>= 4.15, < 4.19.209>= 4.20, < 5.4.151>= 5.5, < 5.10.71>= 5.11, < 5.14.10= 5.15

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
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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 4.4.286 / 4.9.285 / 4.14.249 or later
Fixed in 4.4.2864.9.2854.14.249
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

Kernel 4.4.286+ (for 4.4.x branch), 4.9.285+ (for 4.9.x branch), 4.14.249+ (for 4.14.x branch), or 4.19.209+ (for 4.19.x branch)

  1. Identify the currently running Linux kernel version using `uname -r`
  2. Determine which kernel branch your version belongs to (4.4.x, 4.9.x, 4.14.x, or 4.19.x)
  3. For systems running kernel < 4.4.286: upgrade to kernel 4.4.286 or later
  4. For systems running kernel >= 4.5 and < 4.9.285: upgrade to kernel 4.9.285 or later
  5. For systems running kernel >= 4.10 and < 4.14.249: upgrade to kernel 4.14.249 or later
  6. For systems running kernel >= 4.15 and < 4.19.209: upgrade to kernel 4.19.209 or later
  7. Alternatively, ensure the hid-betopff driver is not loaded if not needed by adding `blacklist hid-betopff` to `/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf`
  8. Reboot the system after kernel upgrade to load the patched kernel
Caveat Kernel upgrades may require rebuilding out-of-tree kernel modules; ensure compatibility with existing system configurations before upgrading

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