CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-47501

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2024-05-24 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2024-05-24
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i40e: Fix NULL pointer dereference in i40e_dbg_dump_desc When trying to dump VFs VSI RX/TX descriptors using debugfs there was a crash due to NULL pointer dereference in i40e_dbg_dump_desc. Added a check to i40e_dbg_dump_desc that checks if VSI type is correct for dumping RX/TX descriptors.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 3.12 < 5.10.85) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.15.8) • linux linux kernel 5.16

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness

References