Linux Kernel up to 5.14.15 amdgpu_dm_debugfs.c out-of-bounds write

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.14.15. This impacts the function amdgpu_dm_debugfs.c. The manipulation results in out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2021-47489. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.14.15. Affected is the function amdgpu_dm_debugfs.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: Fix even more out of bound writes from debugfs CVE-2021-42327 was fixed by: commit f23750b5b3d98653b31d4469592935ef6364ad67 Author: Thelford Williams <[email protected]> Date: Wed Oct 13 16:04:13 2021 -0400 drm/amdgpu: fix out of bounds write but amdgpu_dm_debugfs.c contains more of the same issue so fix the remaining ones. v2: * Add missing fix in dp_max_bpc_write (Harry Wentland)

The advisory is available at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2021-47489 since 05/22/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/18/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 237255 (Debian dla-4178 : ata-modules-5.10.0-34-armmp-di - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 5.14.16 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 9eb4bdd554fc/3f4e54bd312d 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 (237255). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 5.14.0
• 5.14.1
• 5.14.2
• 5.14.3
• 5.14.4
• 5.14.5
• 5.14.6
• 5.14.7
• 5.14.8
• 5.14.9
• 5.14.10
• 5.14.11
• 5.14.12
• 5.14.13
• 5.14.14
• 5.14.15

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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