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CVE-2021-47218

selinux: fix NULL-pointer dereference when hashtab allocation fails

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Descriptions

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

selinux: fix NULL-pointer dereference when hashtab allocation fails

When the hash table slot array allocation fails in hashtab_init(),
h->size is left initialized with a non-zero value, but the h->htable
pointer is NULL. This may then cause a NULL pointer dereference, since
the policydb code relies on the assumption that even after a failed
hashtab_init(), hashtab_map() and hashtab_destroy() can be safely called
on it. Yet, these detect an empty hashtab only by looking at the size.

Fix this by making sure that hashtab_init() always leaves behind a valid
empty hashtab when the allocation fails.

*Credits: N/A
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Timeline
  • 2024-04-10 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-04-10 CVE Published
  • 2024-04-11 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-12-19 CVE Updated
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.8 < 5.10.82
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.8 < 5.15.5
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.8 < 5.16
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