vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2021-47217): linux vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Apr 10, 2024 | Nov 19, 2024 | Sep 1, 2025 |
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
x86/hyperv: Fix NULL deref in set_hv_tscchange_cb() if Hyper-V setup fails
Check for a valid hv_vp_index array prior to derefencing hv_vp_index when
setting Hyper-V's TSC change callback. If Hyper-V setup failed in
hyperv_init(), the kernel will still report that it's running under
Hyper-V, but will have silently disabled nearly all functionality.
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000010
#PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
PGD 0 P4D 0
Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
CPU: 4 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 5.15.0-rc2+ #75
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015
RIP: 0010:set_hv_tscchange_cb+0x15/0xa0
Code: <8b> 04 82 8b 15 12 17 85 01 48 c1 e0 20 48 0d ee 00 01 00 f6 c6 08
...
Call Trace:
kvm_arch_init+0x17c/0x280
kvm_init+0x31/0x330
vmx_init+0xba/0x13a
do_one_initcall+0x41/0x1c0
kernel_init_freeable+0x1f2/0x23b
kernel_init+0x16/0x120
ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
Solutions
References
- CVE-2021-47217
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-47217
- CWE-476
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/linus/daf972118c517b91f74ff1731417feb4270625a4
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8823ea27fff6084bbb4bc71d15378fae0220b1d8
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c177eee116cf888276d3748cb176e72562cfd5c
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0e44dfb4e4c699cca33ede431b8d127e6e8d661
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b20ec58f8a6f4fef32cc71480ddf824584e24743
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/daf972118c517b91f74ff1731417feb4270625a4
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47217
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