CVE-2021-46943
What it is
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
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.8 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-131
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Linux Kernel < 5.4.118
- Linux Kernel < 5.10.36
- Linux Kernel < 5.11.20
- Linux Kernel < 5.12.3
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 7.8
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
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Fix and advisories
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34892ea938387d83ffcfb7775ec55f0f80767916
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fb617e37a39db0a3eca4489431359d0bdf3b9bc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a03fb1e8a110658215a4cefc3e2ad53279e496a6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad91849996f9dd79741a961fd03585a683b08356
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6b81b897f6f9445d57f8d47c4e060ec21556137
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34892ea938387d83ffcfb7775ec55f0f80767916
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fb617e37a39db0a3eca4489431359d0bdf3b9bc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a03fb1e8a110658215a4cefc3e2ad53279e496a6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad91849996f9dd79741a961fd03585a683b08356
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6b81b897f6f9445d57f8d47c4e060ec21556137
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34892ea938387d83ffcfb7775ec55f0f80767916
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fb617e37a39db0a3eca4489431359d0bdf3b9bc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a03fb1e8a110658215a4cefc3e2ad53279e496a6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad91849996f9dd79741a961fd03585a683b08356
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6b81b897f6f9445d57f8d47c4e060ec21556137
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34892ea938387d83ffcfb7775ec55f0f80767916
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fb617e37a39db0a3eca4489431359d0bdf3b9bc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a03fb1e8a110658215a4cefc3e2ad53279e496a6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad91849996f9dd79741a961fd03585a683b08356
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6b81b897f6f9445d57f8d47c4e060ec21556137