vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2021-47291): linux vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:C) | May 21, 2024 | Nov 19, 2024 | Apr 16, 2026 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:C)
Published
May 21, 2024
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Apr 16, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipv6: fix another slab-out-of-bounds in fib6_nh_flush_exceptions
While running the self-tests on a KASAN enabled kernel, I observed a
slab-out-of-bounds splat very similar to the one reported in
commit 821bbf79fe46 ("ipv6: Fix KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds Read in
fib6_nh_flush_exceptions").
We additionally need to take care of fib6_metrics initialization
failure when the caller provides an nh.
The fix is similar, explicitly free the route instead of calling
fib6_info_release on a half-initialized object.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-linuxubuntu-upgrade-linux-awsubuntu-upgrade-linux-aws-5-4ubuntu-upgrade-linux-aws-fipsubuntu-upgrade-linux-azureubuntu-upgrade-linux-azure-5-4ubuntu-upgrade-linux-azure-fipsubuntu-upgrade-linux-bluefieldubuntu-upgrade-linux-fipsubuntu-upgrade-linux-gcpubuntu-upgrade-linux-gcp-5-4ubuntu-upgrade-linux-gcp-fipsubuntu-upgrade-linux-gkeopubuntu-upgrade-linux-hwe-5-4ubuntu-upgrade-linux-ibmubuntu-upgrade-linux-kvmubuntu-upgrade-linux-oracleubuntu-upgrade-linux-oracle-5-4ubuntu-upgrade-linux-raspiubuntu-upgrade-linux-raspi-5-4
References
- CVE-2021-47291
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-47291
- CWE-125
- EUVD-EUVD-2021-34296
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-34296
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/8fb4792f091e608a0a1d353dfdf07ef55a719db5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/115784bcccf135c3a3548098153413d76f16aae0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/830251361425c5be044db4d826aaf304ea3d14c6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fb4792f091e608a0a1d353dfdf07ef55a719db5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce8fafb68051fba52546f8bbe8621f7641683680
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47291
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