CVE-2021-47261

HIGH

Linux Kernel 4.17-4.19.195 - Denial of Service via CQ Resize Buffer Initialization

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: IB/mlx5: Fix initializing CQ fragments buffer The function init_cq_frag_buf() can be called to initialize the current CQ fragments buffer cq->buf, or the temporary cq->resize_buf that is filled during CQ resize operation. However, the offending commit started to use function get_cqe() for getting the CQEs, the issue with this change is that get_cqe() always returns CQEs from cq->buf, which leads us to initialize the wrong buffer, and in case of enlarging the CQ we try to access elements beyond the size of the current cq->buf and eventually hit a kernel panic. [exception RIP: init_cq_frag_buf+103] [ffff9f799ddcbcd8] mlx5_ib_resize_cq at ffffffffc0835d60 [mlx5_ib] [ffff9f799ddcbdb0] ib_resize_cq at ffffffffc05270df [ib_core] [ffff9f799ddcbdc0] llt_rdma_setup_qp at ffffffffc0a6a712 [llt] [ffff9f799ddcbe10] llt_rdma_cc_event_action at ffffffffc0a6b411 [llt] [ffff9f799ddcbe98] llt_rdma_client_conn_thread at ffffffffc0a6bb75 [llt] [ffff9f799ddcbec8] kthread at ffffffffa66c5da1 [ffff9f799ddcbf50] ret_from_fork_nospec_begin at ffffffffa6d95ddd Fix it by getting the needed CQE by calling mlx5_frag_buf_get_wqe() that takes the correct source buffer as a parameter.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0023
EPSS Percentile 14.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-706
Status published
Products (14)
Linux/Linux < 4.17
Linux/Linux 388ca8be00370db132464e27f745b8a0add19fcb - 1ec2dcd680c71d0d36fa25638b327a468babd5c9
Linux/Linux 388ca8be00370db132464e27f745b8a0add19fcb - 2ba0aa2feebda680ecfc3c552e867cf4d1b05a3a
Linux/Linux 388ca8be00370db132464e27f745b8a0add19fcb - 3e670c54eda238cb8a1ea93538a79ae89285c1c4
Linux/Linux 388ca8be00370db132464e27f745b8a0add19fcb - 91f7fdc4cc10542ca1045c06aad23365f0d067e0
Linux/Linux 388ca8be00370db132464e27f745b8a0add19fcb - e3ecd9c09fcc10cf6b2bc67e2990c397c40a8c26
Linux/Linux 4.17
Linux/Linux 4.19.195 - 4.19.*
Linux/Linux 5.10.44 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.12.11 - 5.12.*
... and 4 more
Published May 21, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026