CVE-2021-47485 (GCVE-0-2021-47485)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-22 08:19 – Updated: 2026-08-05 08:48
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
IB/qib: Protect from buffer overflow in struct qib_user_sdma_pkt fields
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
IB/qib: Protect from buffer overflow in struct qib_user_sdma_pkt fields
Overflowing either addrlimit or bytes_togo can allow userspace to trigger
a buffer overflow of kernel memory. Check for overflows in all the places
doing math on user controlled buffers.
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-05-22 18:45 UTC
Assigner
References
8 references
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
f931551bafe1f10ded7f5282e2aa162c267a2e5d , < bda41654b6e0c125a624ca35d6d20beb8015b5d0
(git)
Affected: f931551bafe1f10ded7f5282e2aa162c267a2e5d , < 3f57c3f67fd93b4da86aeffea1ca32c484d054ad (git) Affected: f931551bafe1f10ded7f5282e2aa162c267a2e5d , < 60833707b968d5ae02a75edb7886dcd4a957cf0d (git) Affected: f931551bafe1f10ded7f5282e2aa162c267a2e5d , < 73d2892148aa4397a885b4f4afcfc5b27a325c42 (git) Affected: f931551bafe1f10ded7f5282e2aa162c267a2e5d , < 0f8cdfff06829a0b0348b6debc29ff6a61967724 (git) Affected: f931551bafe1f10ded7f5282e2aa162c267a2e5d , < c3e17e58f571f34c51aeb17274ed02c2ed5cf780 (git) Affected: f931551bafe1f10ded7f5282e2aa162c267a2e5d , < 0d4395477741608d123dad51def9fe50b7ebe952 (git) Affected: f931551bafe1f10ded7f5282e2aa162c267a2e5d , < d39bf40e55e666b5905fdbd46a0dced030ce87be (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
2.6.35
Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.35 (semver) Unaffected: 4.4.292 , ≤ 4.4.* (semver) Unaffected: 4.9.290 , ≤ 4.9.* (semver) Unaffected: 4.14.255 , ≤ 4.14.* (semver) Unaffected: 4.19.216 , ≤ 4.19.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.4.157 , ≤ 5.4.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.77 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.14.16 , ≤ 5.14.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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