Vulnerability · Published May 22, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2021-47497nvmem: Fix shift-out-of-bound (UBSAN) with byte size cells

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 13% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 87.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvmem: Fix shift-out-of-bound (UBSAN) with byte size cells If a cell has 'nbits' equal to a multiple of BITS_PER_BYTE the logic *p &= GENMASK((cell->nbits%BITS_PER_BYTE) - 1, 0); will become undefined behavior because nbits modulo BITS_PER_BYTE is 0, and we subtract one from that making a large number that is then shifted more than the number of bits that fit into an unsigned long. UBSAN reports this problem: UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in drivers/nvmem/core.c:1386:8 shift exponent 64 is too large for 64-bit type 'unsigned long' CPU: 6 PID: 7 Comm: kworker/u16:0 Not tainted 5.15.0-rc3+ #9 Hardware name: Google Lazor (rev3+) with KB Backlight (DT) Workqueue: events_unbound deferred_probe_work_func Call trace: dump_backtrace+0x0/0x170 show_stack+0x24/0x30 dump_stack_lvl+0x64/0x7c dump_stack+0x18/0x38 ubsan_epilogue+0x10/0x54 __ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds+0x180/0x194 __nvmem_cell_read+0x1ec/0x21c nvmem_cell_read+0x58/0x94 nvmem_cell_read_variable_common+0x4c/0xb0 nvmem_cell_read_variable_le_u32+0x40/0x100 a6xx_gpu_init+0x170/0x2f4 adreno_bind+0x174/0x284 component_bind_all+0xf0/0x264 msm_drm_bind+0x1d8/0x7a0 try_to_bring_up_master+0x164/0x1ac __component_add+0xbc/0x13c component_add+0x20/0x2c dp_display_probe+0x340/0x384 platform_probe+0xc0/0x100 really_probe+0x110/0x304 __driver_probe_device+0xb8/0x120 driver_probe_device+0x4c/0xfc __device_attach_driver+0xb0/0x128 bus_for_each_drv+0x90/0xdc __device_attach+0xc8/0x174 device_initial_probe+0x20/0x2c bus_probe_device+0x40/0xa4 deferred_probe_work_func+0x7c/0xb8 process_one_work+0x128/0x21c process_scheduled_works+0x40/0x54 worker_thread+0x1ec/0x2a8 kthread+0x138/0x158 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 Fix it by making sure there are any bits to mask out.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8bpftool4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-abi-stablelists4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-core4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-cross-headers4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-core4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-devel4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-modules4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-modules-extra4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-devel4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-doc4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-headers4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-modules4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-modules-extra4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10ALSA-2024:7001
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-core4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10ALSA-2024:7001
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10ALSA-2024:7001
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-core4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10ALSA-2024:7001
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-devel4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10ALSA-2024:7001
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-kvm4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10ALSA-2024:7001
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-modules4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10ALSA-2024:7001
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10ALSA-2024:7001
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-devel4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10ALSA-2024:7001
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-kvm4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10ALSA-2024:7001
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-modules4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10ALSA-2024:7001
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-modules-extra4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10ALSA-2024:7001
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools-libs4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools-libs-devel4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-core4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-devel4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-modules4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8perf4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8python3-perf4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
Debian:12linux5.14.16-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47497
Debian:13linux5.14.16-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47497
Debian:14linux5.14.16-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47497
Rocky Linux:8kernel0:4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10RLSA-2024:7000
Rocky Linux:8kernel-rt0:4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10RLSA-2024:7001
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47497
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47497
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47497
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47497
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47497
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47497
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47497
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47497
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47497
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47497
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47497
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47497
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47497
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47497
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47497
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47497
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47497
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47497
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47497
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47497
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47497
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47497
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47497
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47497

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 69aba7948cbe53f2f1827e84e9dd0ae470a5072e – before abcb8d33e4d2215ccde5ab5ccf9f730a59d79d9769aba7948cbe53f2f1827e84e9dd0ae470a5072e – before 60df06bbdf497e37ed25ad40572c362e5b0998df69aba7948cbe53f2f1827e84e9dd0ae470a5072e – before 2df6c023050205c4d04ffc121bc549f65cb8d1df69aba7948cbe53f2f1827e84e9dd0ae470a5072e – before eb0fc8e7170e61eaf65d28dee4a8baf4e86b19ca69aba7948cbe53f2f1827e84e9dd0ae470a5072e – before 0594f1d048d8dc338eb9a240021b1d00ae1eb08269aba7948cbe53f2f1827e84e9dd0ae470a5072e – before 57e48886401b14cd351423fabfec2cfd18df4f6669aba7948cbe53f2f1827e84e9dd0ae470a5072e – before 0e822e5413da1af28cca350cb1cb42b6133bdcae69aba7948cbe53f2f1827e84e9dd0ae470a5072e – before 5d388fa01fa6eb310ac023a363a6cb216d9d8fe9
Linux Linux 4.3

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