Linux Kernel up to 5.13.5 media string.h ngene_command_config_free_buf array index

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.13.5. This impacts the function ngene_command_config_free_buf in the library arch/alpha/include/asm/string.h of the component media. Executing a manipulation can lead to array index. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-47288. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.13.5. This vulnerability affects the function ngene_command_config_free_buf in the library arch/alpha/include/asm/string.h of the component media. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a array index vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-129. The product uses untrusted input when calculating or using an array index, but the product does not validate or incorrectly validates the index to ensure the index references a valid position within the array. The impact remains unknown. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: ngene: Fix out-of-bounds bug in ngene_command_config_free_buf() Fix an 11-year old bug in ngene_command_config_free_buf() while addressing the following warnings caught with -Warray-bounds: arch/alpha/include/asm/string.h:22:16: warning: '__builtin_memcpy' offset [12, 16] from the object at 'com' is out of the bounds of referenced subobject 'config' with type 'unsigned char' at offset 10 [-Warray-bounds] arch/x86/include/asm/string_32.h:182:25: warning: '__builtin_memcpy' offset [12, 16] from the object at 'com' is out of the bounds of referenced subobject 'config' with type 'unsigned char' at offset 10 [-Warray-bounds] The problem is that the original code is trying to copy 6 bytes of data into a one-byte size member _config_ of the wrong structue FW_CONFIGURE_BUFFERS, in a single call to memcpy(). This causes a legitimate compiler warning because memcpy() overruns the length of &com.cmd.ConfigureBuffers.config. It seems that the right structure is FW_CONFIGURE_FREE_BUFFERS, instead, because it contains 6 more members apart from the header _hdr_. Also, the name of the function ngene_command_config_free_buf() suggests that the actual intention is to ConfigureFreeBuffers, instead of ConfigureBuffers (which takes place in the function ngene_command_config_buf(), above). Fix this by enclosing those 6 members of struct FW_CONFIGURE_FREE_BUFFERS into new struct config, and use &com.cmd.ConfigureFreeBuffers.config as the destination address, instead of &com.cmd.ConfigureBuffers.config, when calling memcpy(). This also helps with the ongoing efforts to globally enable -Warray-bounds and get us closer to being able to tighten the FORTIFY_SOURCE routines on memcpy().

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2021-47288 since 05/21/2024. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 12/23/2024).

Upgrading to version 4.4.277, 4.9.277, 4.14.241, 4.19.199, 5.4.136, 5.10.54 or 5.13.6 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 4487b968e5ea/c6ddeb63dd54/e818f2ff6485/ec731c6ef564/e617fa62f6cf/e991457afdcb/b9a178f189bb/8d4abca95ecc 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.

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• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

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• Kernel

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• 4.4.276
• 4.9.276
• 4.14.240
• 4.19.198
• 5.4.135
• 5.10.0
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• 5.10.52
• 5.10.53
• 5.13.0
• 5.13.1
• 5.13.2
• 5.13.3
• 5.13.4
• 5.13.5

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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