CVE-2021-47559

En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: net/smc: corrige la desreferenciación del puntero NULL en smc_vlan_by_tcpsk() Coverity informa un posible problema de desreferenciación de NULL: en smc_vlan_by_tcpsk(): 6. return_null: netdev_lower_get_next devuelve NULL (comprobado 29 de 30 veces). 7. var_assigned: Asignación: ndev = valor de retorno NULL de netdev_lower_get_next. 1623 ndev = (struct net_device *)netdev_lower_get_next(ndev, &lower); CID 1468509 (#1 de 1): Desreferenciar valor de retorno nulo (NULL_RETURNS) 8. desreferencia: Desreferenciar un puntero que podría ser NULL ndev al llamar a is_vlan_dev. 1624 if (is_vlan_dev(ndev)) { Elimine la implementación manual y use netdev_walk_all_lower_dev() para iterar sobre los dispositivos inferiores. Mientras esté en él, elimine un comentario de parámetro de función obsoleto.

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's SMC implementation in the smc_vlan_by_tcpsk() function. A potential NULL pointer dereference occurred when handling lower network devices, leading to system crashes and resulting in denial of service.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/smc: Fix NULL pointer dereferencing in smc_vlan_by_tcpsk() Coverity reports a possible NULL dereferencing problem: in smc_vlan_by_tcpsk(): 6. returned_null: netdev_lower_get_next returns NULL (checked 29 out of 30 times). 7. var_assigned: Assigning: ndev = NULL return value from netdev_lower_get_next. 1623 ndev = (struct net_device *)netdev_lower_get_next(ndev, &lower); CID 1468509 (#1 of 1): Dereference null return value (NULL_RETURNS) 8. dereference: Dereferencing a pointer that might be NULL ndev when calling is_vlan_dev. 1624 if (is_vlan_dev(ndev)) { Remove the manual implementation and use netdev_walk_all_lower_dev() to iterate over the lower devices. While on it remove an obsolete function parameter comment.

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security bug fixes.