CVE-2021-47165

EPSS 0.04 % (11th)
0.04% Progress
Advisories 7

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

drm/meson: fix shutdown crash when component not probed

When main component is not probed, by example when the dw-hdmi module is
not loaded yet or in probe defer, the following crash appears on shutdown:

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000038
...
pc : meson_drv_shutdown+0x24/0x50
lr : platform_drv_shutdown+0x20/0x30
...
Call trace:
meson_drv_shutdown+0x24/0x50
platform_drv_shutdown+0x20/0x30
device_shutdown+0x158/0x360
kernel_restart_prepare+0x38/0x48
kernel_restart+0x18/0x68
__do_sys_reboot+0x224/0x250
__arm64_sys_reboot+0x24/0x30
...

Simply check if the priv struct has been allocated before using it.

CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
kernel.org
Published Date
2024-03-25 10:15:08
(5 months ago)
Updated Date
2024-03-25 13:47:14
(5 months ago)
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