CVE-2021-4439

Description

From CVE.org

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: isdn: cpai: check ctr->cnr to avoid array index out of bound The cmtp_add_connection() would add a cmtp session to a controller and run a kernel thread to process cmtp. __module_get(THIS_MODULE); session->task = kthread_run(cmtp_session, session, "kcmtpd_ctr_%d", session->num); During this process, the kernel thread would call detach_capi_ctr() to detach a register controller. if the controller was not attached yet, detach_capi_ctr() would trigger an array-index-out-bounds bug. [ 46.866069][ T6479] UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in drivers/isdn/capi/kcapi.c:483:21 [ 46.867196][ T6479] index -1 is out of range for type 'capi_ctr *[32]' [ 46.867982][ T6479] CPU: 1 PID: 6479 Comm: kcmtpd_ctr_0 Not tainted 5.15.0-rc2+ #8 [ 46.869002][ T6479] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.14.0-2 04/01/2014 [ 46.870107][ T6479] Call Trace: [ 46.870473][ T6479] dump_stack_lvl+0x57/0x7d [ 46.870974][ T6479] ubsan_epilogue+0x5/0x40 [ 46.871458][ T6479] __ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds.cold+0x43/0x48 [ 46.872135][ T6479] detach_capi_ctr+0x64/0xc0 [ 46.872639][ T6479] cmtp_session+0x5c8/0x5d0 [ 46.873131][ T6479] ? __init_waitqueue_head+0x60/0x60 [ 46.873712][ T6479] ? cmtp_add_msgpart+0x120/0x120 [ 46.874256][ T6479] kthread+0x147/0x170 [ 46.874709][ T6479] ? set_kthread_struct+0x40/0x40 [ 46.875248][ T6479] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 [ 46.875773][ T6479]

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

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CVSS v3 Score Breakdown

Red HatNVDcve.org
Base Score5.17.8N/A
Attack VectorLocalLocalN/A
Attack ComplexityLowLowN/A
Privileges RequiredHighLowN/A
User InteractionNoneNoneN/A
ScopeUnchangedUnchangedN/A
ConfidentialityNoneHighN/A
Integrity ImpactLowHighN/A
Availability ImpactHighHighN/A

Vector

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

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

Understanding the Weakness (CWE)

Integrity

Technical Impact: Modify Memory; Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands

Write operations could cause memory corruption. In some cases, an adversary can modify control data such as return addresses in order to execute unexpected code.

Availability

Technical Impact: DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart

Attempting to access out-of-range, invalid, or unauthorized memory could cause the product to crash.

Other

Technical Impact: Unexpected State

Subsequent write operations can produce undefined or unexpected results.

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