CVE - CVE-2021-47407

CVE-ID
CVE-2021-47407	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: KVM: x86: Handle SRCU initialization failure during page track init Check the return of init_srcu_struct(), which can fail due to OOM, when initializing the page track mechanism. Lack of checking leads to a NULL pointer deref found by a modified syzkaller. [Move the call towards the beginning of kvm_arch_init_vm. - Paolo]
References
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MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4664318f73e496cd22c71b10888e75434a123e23 URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4664318f73e496cd22c71b10888e75434a123e23 MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/deb2949417677649e2413266d7ce8c2ff73952b4 URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/deb2949417677649e2413266d7ce8c2ff73952b4 MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb7511bf9182292ef1df1082d23039e856d1ddfb URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb7511bf9182292ef1df1082d23039e856d1ddfb
Assigning CNA
kernel.org
Date Record Created
20240521	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.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20240521)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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