CVE-2021-4441

spi: spi-zynq-qspi: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in zynq_qspi_exec_mem_op()

published August 22, 2024

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
12.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

spi: spi-zynq-qspi: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in zynq_qspi_exec_mem_op()

In zynq_qspi_exec_mem_op(), kzalloc() is directly used in memset(),

which could lead to a NULL pointer dereference on failure of

kzalloc().

Fix this bug by adding a check of tmpbuf.

This bug was found by a static analyzer. The analysis employs

differential checking to identify inconsistent security operations

(e.g., checks or kfrees) between two code paths and confirms that the

inconsistent operations are not recovered in the current function or

the callers, so they constitute bugs.

Note that, as a bug found by static analysis, it can be a false

positive or hard to trigger. Multiple researchers have cross-reviewed

the bug.

Builds with CONFIG_SPI_ZYNQ_QSPI=m show no new warnings,

and our static analyzer no longer warns about this code.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00225 · 12.5th percentile
Published
2024-08-22T01:30Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 22 AUG 01:30Z
    spi: spi-zynq-qspi: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in zynq_qspi_exec_mem_op()
    cvelistv5