CVE-2021-47101

asix: fix uninit-value in asix_mdio_read()

Severity Score

6.0

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: asix: fix uninit-value in asix_mdio_read() asix_read_cmd() may read less than sizeof(smsr) bytes and in this case
smsr will be uninitialized. Fail log:
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in asix_check_host_enable drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:82 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in asix_check_host_enable drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:82 [inline] drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:497
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in asix_mdio_read+0x3c1/0xb00 drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:497 drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:497 asix_check_host_enable drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:82 [inline] asix_check_host_enable drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:82 [inline] drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:497 asix_mdio_read+0x3c1/0xb00 drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:497 drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:497

En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: asix: corrige el valor uninit en asix_mdio_read() asix_read_cmd() puede leer menos que sizeof(smsr) bytes y en este caso smsr no estará inicializado. Registro de errores: ERROR: KMSAN: valor uninit en asix_check_host_enable drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:82 [en línea] ERROR: KMSAN: valor uninit en asix_check_host_enable drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:82 controladores [en línea] /net/usb/asix_common.c:497 ERROR: KMSAN: valor uninit en asix_mdio_read+0x3c1/0xb00 drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:497 drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:497 asix_check_host_enable drivers/net/ usb/asix_common.c:82 [en línea] controladores asix_check_host_enable/net/usb/asix_common.c:82 [en línea] controladores/net/usb/asix_common.c:497 controladores asix_mdio_read+0x3c1/0xb00/net/usb/asix_common.c :497 controladores/net/usb/asix_common.c:497

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: asix: fix uninit-value in asix_mdio_read() asix_read_cmd() may read less than sizeof(smsr) bytes and in this case smsr will be uninitialized. Fail log: BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in asix_check_host_enable drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:82 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in asix_check_host_enable drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:82 [inline] drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:497 BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in asix_mdio_read+0x3c1/0xb00 drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:497 drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:497 asix_check_host_enable drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:82 [inline] asix_check_host_enable drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:82 [inline] drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:497 asix_mdio_read+0x3c1/0xb00 drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:497 drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:497

Ziming Zhang discovered that the DRM driver for VMware Virtual GPU did not properly handle certain error conditions, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. A local attacker could possibly trigger this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. Ye Zhang and Nicolas Wu discovered that the io_uring subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle locking for rings with IOPOLL, leading to a double-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2024-02-29 CVE Reserved
2024-03-04 CVE Published
2025-04-12 EPSS Updated
2025-05-04 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-457: Use of Uninitialized Variable

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9fe64e511144c1ee7d7555b4111f09dde9692ef	Vuln. Introduced

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d259f621c85949f30cc578cac813b82bb5169f56	2021-12-29
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8035b1a2a37a29d8c717ef84fca8fe7278bc9f03	2021-12-22

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-47101	2025-04-16
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2267916	2025-04-16

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				>= 4.9 < 5.15.12 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.9 < 5.15.12"		en		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				>= 4.9 < 5.16 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.9 < 5.16"		en		Affected