CVE-2021-43975

medium

Description

In the Linux kernel through 5.15.2, hw_atl_utils_fw_rpc_wait in drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/hw_atl/hw_atl_utils.c allows an attacker (who can introduce a crafted device) to trigger an out-of-bounds write via a crafted length value.

References

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.git/commit/?id=b922f622592af76b57cbc566eaeccda0b31a3496

https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/[email protected]nel.org/T/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/X24M7KDC4OJOZNS3RDSYC7ELNELOLQ2N/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YODMYMGZYDXQKGJGX7TJG4XV4L5YLLBD/

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211210-0001/

https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00012.html

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2021-11-17

Updated: 2022-04-06

Type: CWE-787

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Impact Score: 6.4

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.7

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

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 0.8

Severity: MEDIUM