CVE-2021-47631
Global infos:
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ARM: davinci: da850-evm: Avoid NULL pointer dereference With newer versions of GCC, there is a panic in da850_evm_config_emac() when booting multi_v5_defconfig in QEMU under the palmetto-bmc machine: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000020 pgd = (ptrval) [00000020] *pgd=00000000 Internal error: Oops: 5 [#1] PREEMPT ARM Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper Not tainted 5.15.0 #1 Hardware name: Generic DT based system PC is at da850_evm_config_emac+0x1c/0x120 LR is at do_one_initcall+0x50/0x1e0 The emac_pdata pointer in soc_info is NULL because davinci_soc_info only gets populated on davinci machines but da850_evm_config_emac() is called on all machines via device_initcall(). Move the rmii_en assignment below the machine check so that it is only dereferenced when running on a supported SoC.
CVE Status: Analyzed
References:
Metrics:
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Attack Complexity | LOW |
| Attack Vector | LOCAL |
| Availability Impact | HIGH |
| Base Score | 5.5 |
| Base Severity | MEDIUM |
| Confidentiality Impact | NONE |
| Integrity Impact | NONE |
| Privileges Required | LOW |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| User Interaction | NONE |
| Vector String | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Exploitability Score | 1.8 |
| Impact Score | 3.6 |
| Source | [email protected] |
| Type | Primary |