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CVE-2021-47283

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net:sfc: fix non-freed irq in legacy irq mode SFC driver can be configured via modparam to work using MSI-X, MSI or legacy IRQ interrupts. In the last one, the interrupt was not properly released on module remove. It was not freed because the flag irqs_hooked was not set during initialization in the case of using legacy IRQ. Example of (trimmed) trace during module remove without this fix: remove_proc_entry: removing non-empty directory 'irq/125', leaking at least '0000:3b:00.1' WARNING: CPU: 39 PID: 3658 at fs/proc/generic.c:715 remove_proc_entry+0x15c/0x170 ...trimmed... Call Trace: unregister_irq_proc+0xe3/0x100 free_desc+0x29/0x70 irq_free_descs+0x47/0x70 mp_unmap_irq+0x58/0x60 acpi_unregister_gsi_ioapic+0x2a/0x40 acpi_pci_irq_disable+0x78/0xb0 pci_disable_device+0xd1/0x100 efx_pci_remove+0xa1/0x1e0 [sfc] pci_device_remove+0x38/0xa0 __device_release_driver+0x177/0x230 driver_detach+0xcb/0x110 bus_remove_driver+0x58/0xd0 pci_unregister_driver+0x2a/0xb0 efx_exit_module+0x24/0xf40 [sfc] __do_sys_delete_module.constprop.0+0x171/0x280 ? exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x83/0x1d0 do_syscall_64+0x3d/0x80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae RIP: 0033:0x7f9f9385800b ...trimmed...

How to fix

Remediation Available
linuxDebian
Fixed in:5.10.46-1CVE-2021-47283
Fixed in:5.10.46-1CVE-2021-47283
Fixed in:5.10.46-1CVE-2021-47283
Fixed in:5.10.46-1CVE-2021-47283

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.22%probability of exploitation in 30 days
13thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 13% of all known CVEs.

References

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