CVE-2021-47159

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 4.7-4.19.193 - Denial of Service via Negative Error Code in DSA get_sset_count Loop

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: dsa: fix a crash if ->get_sset_count() fails If ds->ops->get_sset_count() fails then it "count" is a negative error code such as -EOPNOTSUPP. Because "i" is an unsigned int, the negative error code is type promoted to a very high value and the loop will corrupt memory until the system crashes. Fix this by checking for error codes and changing the type of "i" to just int.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 14.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-835
Status published
Products (14)
Linux/Linux < 4.7
Linux/Linux 4.19.193 - 4.19.*
Linux/Linux 4.7
Linux/Linux 5.10.42 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.12.9 - 5.12.*
Linux/Linux 5.13
Linux/Linux 5.4.124 - 5.4.*
Linux/Linux badf3ada60ab8f76f9488dc8f5c0c57f70682f5a - 0f2cb08c57edefb0e7b5045e0e3e9980a3d3aa37
Linux/Linux badf3ada60ab8f76f9488dc8f5c0c57f70682f5a - 7b22466648a4f8e3e94f57ca428d1531866d1373
Linux/Linux badf3ada60ab8f76f9488dc8f5c0c57f70682f5a - a269333fa5c0c8e53c92b5a28a6076a28cde3e83
... and 4 more
Published Mar 25, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026