7.8
HIGH
CVE-2021-46943
Intel IPU3 Video Driver - Set Fmt Error Handling Vulnerability
Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: staging/intel-ipu3: Fix set_fmt error handling If there in an error during a set_fmt, do not overwrite the previous sizes with the invalid config. Without this patch, v4l2-compliance ends up allocating 4GiB of RAM and causing the following OOPs [ 38.662975] ipu3-imgu 0000:00:05.0: swiotlb buffer is full (sz: 4096 bytes) [ 38.662980] DMA: Out of SW-IOMMU space for 4096 bytes at device 0000:00:05.0 [ 38.663010] general protection fault: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 27, 2024, 7:04 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 10, 2024, 7:54 p.m.

Source :

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-46943 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linux linux_kernel

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  • CVE Modified by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    May. 28, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 10, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34892ea938387d83ffcfb7775ec55f0f80767916 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34892ea938387d83ffcfb7775ec55f0f80767916 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fb617e37a39db0a3eca4489431359d0bdf3b9bc No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fb617e37a39db0a3eca4489431359d0bdf3b9bc Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a03fb1e8a110658215a4cefc3e2ad53279e496a6 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a03fb1e8a110658215a4cefc3e2ad53279e496a6 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad91849996f9dd79741a961fd03585a683b08356 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad91849996f9dd79741a961fd03585a683b08356 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6b81b897f6f9445d57f8d47c4e060ec21556137 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6b81b897f6f9445d57f8d47c4e060ec21556137 Patch
    Added CWE NIST CWE-131
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.2.0 up to (excluding) 5.4.118 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.5.0 up to (excluding) 5.10.36 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.11.0 up to (excluding) 5.11.20 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.12.0 up to (excluding) 5.12.3
  • CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    Feb. 27, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: staging/intel-ipu3: Fix set_fmt error handling If there in an error during a set_fmt, do not overwrite the previous sizes with the invalid config. Without this patch, v4l2-compliance ends up allocating 4GiB of RAM and causing the following OOPs [ 38.662975] ipu3-imgu 0000:00:05.0: swiotlb buffer is full (sz: 4096 bytes) [ 38.662980] DMA: Out of SW-IOMMU space for 4096 bytes at device 0000:00:05.0 [ 38.663010] general protection fault: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
    Added Reference Linux https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a03fb1e8a110658215a4cefc3e2ad53279e496a6 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Linux https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6b81b897f6f9445d57f8d47c4e060ec21556137 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Linux https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34892ea938387d83ffcfb7775ec55f0f80767916 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Linux https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fb617e37a39db0a3eca4489431359d0bdf3b9bc [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Linux https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad91849996f9dd79741a961fd03585a683b08356 [No types assigned]
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