CVE-2021-47140

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.11-5.12.9 - NULL Pointer Dereference via IOMMU Domain Switch

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/amd: Clear DMA ops when switching domain Since commit 08a27c1c3ecf ("iommu: Add support to change default domain of an iommu group") a user can switch a device between IOMMU and direct DMA through sysfs. This doesn't work for AMD IOMMU at the moment because dev->dma_ops is not cleared when switching from a DMA to an identity IOMMU domain. The DMA layer thus attempts to use the dma-iommu ops on an identity domain, causing an oops: # echo 0000:00:05.0 > /sys/sys/bus/pci/drivers/e1000e/unbind # echo identity > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:05.0/iommu_group/type # echo 0000:00:05.0 > /sys/sys/bus/pci/drivers/e1000e/bind ... BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000028 ... Call Trace: iommu_dma_alloc e1000e_setup_tx_resources e1000e_open Since iommu_change_dev_def_domain() calls probe_finalize() again, clear the dma_ops there like Vt-d does.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0060
EPSS Percentile 44.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (8)
Linux/Linux < 5.11
Linux/Linux 08a27c1c3ecf5e1da193ce5f8fc97c3be16e75f0 - d6177a6556f853785867e2ec6d5b7f4906f0d809
Linux/Linux 08a27c1c3ecf5e1da193ce5f8fc97c3be16e75f0 - f3f2cf46291a693eab21adb94171b0128c2a9ec1
Linux/Linux 5.11
Linux/Linux 5.12.9 - 5.12.*
Linux/Linux 5.13
linux/linux_kernel 5.13 rc1 (3 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 5.11 - 5.12.9
Published Mar 25, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026