CVE-2021-47583

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 3.7 - Use of Uninitialized Resource in mxl111sf_ctrl_msg

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: mxl111sf: change mutex_init() location Syzbot reported, that mxl111sf_ctrl_msg() uses uninitialized mutex. The problem was in wrong mutex_init() location. Previous mutex_init(&state->msg_lock) call was in ->init() function, but dvb_usbv2_init() has this order of calls: dvb_usbv2_init() dvb_usbv2_adapter_init() dvb_usbv2_adapter_frontend_init() props->frontend_attach() props->init() Since mxl111sf_* devices call mxl111sf_ctrl_msg() in ->frontend_attach() internally we need to initialize state->msg_lock before frontend_attach(). To achieve it, ->probe() call added to all mxl111sf_* devices, which will simply initiaize mutex.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 14.7%
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-908
Status published
Products (13)
Linux/Linux < 3.7
Linux/Linux 3.7
Linux/Linux 4.19.222 - 4.19.*
Linux/Linux 5.10.88 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.11 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.16
Linux/Linux 5.4.168 - 5.4.*
Linux/Linux 8572211842afc53c8450fb470f2b8d02ba7592e0 - 44870a9e7a3c24acbb3f888b2a7cc22c9bdf7e7f
Linux/Linux 8572211842afc53c8450fb470f2b8d02ba7592e0 - 4b2d9600b31f9ba7adbc9f3c54a068615d27b390
Linux/Linux 8572211842afc53c8450fb470f2b8d02ba7592e0 - 8c6fdf62bfe1bc72bfceeaf832ef7499c7ed09ba
... and 3 more
Published Jun 19, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026