CVE - CVE-2021-47542

CVE-ID
CVE-2021-47542	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: qlogic: qlcnic: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in qlcnic_83xx_add_rings() In qlcnic_83xx_add_rings(), the indirect function of ahw->hw_ops->alloc_mbx_args will be called to allocate memory for cmd.req.arg, and there is a dereference of it in qlcnic_83xx_add_rings(), which could lead to a NULL pointer dereference on failure of the indirect function like qlcnic_83xx_alloc_mbx_args(). Fix this bug by adding a check of alloc_mbx_args(), this patch imitates the logic of mbx_cmd()'s failure handling. This bug was found by a static analyzer. The analysis employs differential checking to identify inconsistent security operations (e.g., checks or kfrees) between two code paths and confirms that the inconsistent operations are not recovered in the current function or the callers, so they constitute bugs. Note that, as a bug found by static analysis, it can be a false positive or hard to trigger. Multiple researchers have cross-reviewed the bug. Builds with CONFIG_QLCNIC=m show no new warnings, and our static analyzer no longer warns about this code.
References
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MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15fa12c119f869173f9b710cbe6a4a14071d2105 URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15fa12c119f869173f9b710cbe6a4a14071d2105 MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a061d54e260b701b538873b43e399d9b8b83e03 URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a061d54e260b701b538873b43e399d9b8b83e03 MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/550658a2d61e4eaf522c8ebc7fad76dc376bfb45 URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/550658a2d61e4eaf522c8ebc7fad76dc376bfb45 MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57af54a56024435d83e44c78449513b414eb6edf URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57af54a56024435d83e44c78449513b414eb6edf MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4f217d6fcc00c3fdc0921a7691f30be7490b073 URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4f217d6fcc00c3fdc0921a7691f30be7490b073 MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbeb0325a7460ebf1e03f5e0bfc5c652fba9519f URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbeb0325a7460ebf1e03f5e0bfc5c652fba9519f MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5ef33c1489b2cd74368057fa00b5d2183bb5853 URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5ef33c1489b2cd74368057fa00b5d2183bb5853 MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2dabc4f7e7b60299c20a36d6a7b24ed9bf8e572 URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2dabc4f7e7b60299c20a36d6a7b24ed9bf8e572
Assigning CNA
kernel.org
Date Record Created
20240524	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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