Linux Kernel up to 5.15.4 advansys data authenticity

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.15.4. It has been rated as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component advansys. The manipulation leads to data authenticity. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2021-47216. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 5.15.4. This issue affects an unknown function of the component advansys. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a data authenticity vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-345. The product does not sufficiently verify the origin or authenticity of data, in a way that causes it to accept invalid data. The impact remains unknown. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: advansys: Fix kernel pointer leak Pointers should be printed with %p or %px rather than cast to 'unsigned long' and printed with %lx. Change %lx to %p to print the hashed pointer.

The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-47216. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 276342 (TencentOS Server 2: kernel (TSSA-2024:0557)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 4.4.293, 4.9.291, 4.14.256, 4.19.218, 5.4.162, 5.10.82, 5.15.5 or 5.16 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 06d7d12efb5c/ad19f7046c24/5612287991de/f5a0ba4a9b5e/cc248790bfdc/055eced3edf5/27490ae6a85a/d4996c6eac4c is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (276342). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 4.4.292
• 4.9.290
• 4.14.255
• 4.19.217
• 5.4.161
• 5.10.0
• 5.10.1
• 5.10.2
• 5.10.3
• 5.10.4
• 5.10.5
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• 5.10.79
• 5.10.80
• 5.10.81
• 5.15.0
• 5.15.1
• 5.15.2
• 5.15.3
• 5.15.4

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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