Linux Kernel up to 5.15.6 tulip out-of-bounds

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Linux Kernel up to 5.15.6. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component tulip. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2021-47547. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.15.6 and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the component tulip. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: tulip: de4x5: fix the problem that the array 'lp->phy[8]' may be out of bound In line 5001, if all id in the array 'lp->phy[8]' is not 0, when the 'for' end, the 'k' is 8. At this time, the array 'lp->phy[8]' may be out of bound.

It is possible to read the advisory at git.kernel.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-47547 since 05/24/2024. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 239742 (TencentOS Server 2: kernel (TSSA-2024:1030)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 4.4.294, 4.9.292, 4.14.257, 4.19.220, 5.4.164, 5.10.84 or 5.15.7 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch ec5bd0aef1ce/142ead3dc704/d3dedaa5a601/2c1a6a9a011d/77ff16690945/f059fa40f0fc/12f907cb1157/61217be886b5 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 databases at Tenable (239742) and EUVD (EUVD-2021-34549). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 4.4.293
• 4.9.291
• 4.14.256
• 4.19.219
• 5.4.163
• 5.10.0
• 5.10.1
• 5.10.2
• 5.10.3
• 5.10.4
• 5.10.5
• 5.10.6
• 5.10.7
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• 5.10.77
• 5.10.78
• 5.10.79
• 5.10.80
• 5.10.81
• 5.10.82
• 5.10.83
• 5.15.0
• 5.15.1
• 5.15.2
• 5.15.3
• 5.15.4
• 5.15.5
• 5.15.6

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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