spi: spi-zynq-qspi: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in zynq_qspi_exec_mem_op() (Linux Linux)

CVE-2021-4441
MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.22 % · percentile 13 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: spi-zynq-qspi: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in zynq_qspi_exec_mem_op() In zynq_qspi_exec_mem_op(), kzalloc() is directly used in memset(), which could lead to a NULL pointer dereference on failure of kzalloc(). Fix this bug by adding a check of tmpbuf. This bug was found by a static analyzer. The analysis employs differential checking to identify inconsistent security operations (e.g., checks or kfrees) between two code paths and confirms that the inconsistent operations are not recovered in the current function or the callers, so they constitute bugs. Note that, as a bug found by static analysis, it can be a false positive or hard to trigger. Multiple researchers have cross-reviewed the bug. Builds with CONFIG_SPI_ZYNQ_QSPI=m show no new warnings, and our static analyzer no longer warns about this code.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 67dca5e580f1e93a66177389981541cac208c817 < df14d2bed8e2455878e046e67123d9ecb2e79056 ; affected 67dca5e580f1e93a66177389981541cac208c817 < 2efece1368aeee2d2552c7ec36aeb676c4d4c95f ; affected 67dca5e580f1e93a66177389981541cac208c817 < 3c32405d6474a21f7d742828e73c13e326dcae82 ; affected 67dca5e580f1e93a66177389981541cac208c817 < b9dd08cbebe0c593c49bf86d2012a431494e54cb ; affected 67dca5e580f1e93a66177389981541cac208c817 < ab3824427b848da10e9fe2727f035bbeecae6ff4
Linux · Linuxaffected 5.2 ; unaffected 0 < 5.2 ; unaffected 5.4.182 ≤ 5.4.* ; unaffected 5.10.103 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.26 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 5.16.12 ≤ 5.16.*

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD