CVE-2021-47333

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 5.4.134 - NULL Pointer Dereference in ALCOR PCI ASPM Capability Check

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc: alcor_pci: fix null-ptr-deref when there is no PCI bridge There is an issue with the ASPM(optional) capability checking function. A device might be attached to root complex directly, in this case, bus->self(bridge) will be NULL, thus priv->parent_pdev is NULL. Since alcor_pci_init_check_aspm(priv->parent_pdev) checks the PCI link's ASPM capability and populate parent_cap_off, which will be used later by alcor_pci_aspm_ctrl() to dynamically turn on/off device, what we can do here is to avoid checking the capability if we are on the root complex. This will make pdev_cap_off 0 and alcor_pci_aspm_ctrl() will simply return when bring called, effectively disable ASPM for the device. [ 1.246492] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000000c0 [ 1.248731] RIP: 0010:pci_read_config_byte+0x5/0x40 [ 1.253998] Call Trace: [ 1.254131] ? alcor_pci_find_cap_offset.isra.0+0x3a/0x100 [alcor_pci] [ 1.254476] alcor_pci_probe+0x169/0x2d5 [alcor_pci]

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 14.8%
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-476
Status published
Products (13)
Linux/Linux < 5.0
Linux/Linux 4f556bc04e3c0de2f5c69adc9e9f2bcefcad079d - 09d154990ca82d14aed2b72796f6c8845e2e605d
Linux/Linux 4f556bc04e3c0de2f5c69adc9e9f2bcefcad079d - 3ce3e45cc333da707d4d6eb433574b990bcc26f5
Linux/Linux 4f556bc04e3c0de2f5c69adc9e9f2bcefcad079d - 58f69684ba03e5b0e0a3ae844a845280c0f06309
Linux/Linux 4f556bc04e3c0de2f5c69adc9e9f2bcefcad079d - 717cf5ae52322ddbdf3ac2c584b34c5970b0d174
Linux/Linux 4f556bc04e3c0de2f5c69adc9e9f2bcefcad079d - d2639ffdcad463b358b6bef8645ff81715daffcb
Linux/Linux 5.0
Linux/Linux 5.10.52 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.12.19 - 5.12.*
Linux/Linux 5.13.4 - 5.13.*
... and 3 more
Published May 21, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026