CVE-2021-46943
February 27, 2024
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: staging/intel-ipu3: Fix set_fmt error handling
If there in an error during a set_fmt, do not overwrite the previous
sizes with the invalid config.
Without this patch, v4l2-compliance ends up allocating 4GiB of RAM and
causing the following OOPs
[ 38.662975] ipu3-imgu 0000:00:05.0: swiotlb buffer is full (sz: 4096 bytes)
[ 38.662980] DMA: Out of SW-IOMMU space for 4096 bytes at device 0000:00:05.0
[ 38.663010] general protection fault: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
8.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size
EPSS
Base Score:
0.03
