CVE-2021-47101
asix: fix uninit-value in asix_mdio_read()
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
2Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
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. Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
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Timeline
- 2024-02-29 CVE Reserved
- 2024-03-04 CVE Published
- 2024-12-19 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-18 EPSS Updated
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CWE
- CWE-457: Use of Uninitialized Variable
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