ethtool: ioctl: fix potential NULL deref in ethtool_set_coalesce() (Linux Linux)

CVE-2021-47556
MEDIUM 5.5

En bref

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.18 % · centile 8 ()
État
PUBLISHED
Publiée
Mise à jour
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Linux
Statut NVD
Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ethtool: ioctl: fix potential NULL deref in ethtool_set_coalesce() ethtool_set_coalesce() now uses both the .get_coalesce() and .set_coalesce() callbacks. But the check for their availability is buggy, so changing the coalesce settings on a device where the driver provides only _one_ of the callbacks results in a NULL pointer dereference instead of an -EOPNOTSUPP. Fix the condition so that the availability of both callbacks is ensured. This also matches the netlink code. Note that reproducing this requires some effort - it only affects the legacy ioctl path, and needs a specific combination of driver options: - have .get_coalesce() and .coalesce_supported but no .set_coalesce(), or - have .set_coalesce() but no .get_coalesce(). Here eg. ethtool doesn't cause the crash as it first attempts to call ethtool_get_coalesce() and bails out on error.

Faiblesses (CWE)

  • CWE-476 — Déréférencement de pointeur nul

Références

Scores

VersionScoreVecteurÉvalué par
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)

Références européennes

Avis du CERT-FR

Configurations affectées (CPE NVD)

Produits affectés

ProduitVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected f3ccfda1931977b80267ba54070a1aeafa18f6ca < abfdd9e2f0f9699015d72317f74154d3e53664e6 ; affected f3ccfda1931977b80267ba54070a1aeafa18f6ca < 0276af2176c78771da7f311621a25d7608045827
Linux · Linuxaffected 5.15 ; unaffected 0 < 5.15 ; unaffected 5.15.6 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 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