CVE-2021-46960

CVE-2021-46960

High · published February 28, 2024

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
49.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

cifs: Return correct error code from smb2_get_enc_key

Avoid a warning if the error percolates back up:

[440700.376476] CIFS VFS: \\otters.example.com crypt_message: Could not get encryption key

[440700.386947] ------------[ cut here ]------------

[440700.386948] err = 1

[440700.386977] WARNING: CPU: 11 PID: 2733 at /build/linux-hwe-5.4-p6lk6L/linux-hwe-5.4-5.4.0/lib/errseq.c:74 errseq_set+0x5c/0x70

...

[440700.397304] CPU: 11 PID: 2733 Comm: tar Tainted: G OE 5.4.0-70-generic #78~18.04.1-Ubuntu

...

[440700.397334] Call Trace:

[440700.397346] __filemap_set_wb_err+0x1a/0x70

[440700.397419] cifs_writepages+0x9c7/0xb30 [cifs]

[440700.397426] do_writepages+0x4b/0xe0

[440700.397444] __filemap_fdatawrite_range+0xcb/0x100

[440700.397455] filemap_write_and_wait+0x42/0xa0

[440700.397486] cifs_setattr+0x68b/0xf30 [cifs]

[440700.397493] notify_change+0x358/0x4a0

[440700.397500] utimes_common+0xe9/0x1c0

[440700.397510] do_utimes+0xc5/0x150

[440700.397520] __x64_sys_utimensat+0x88/0xd0

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00638 · 49.9th percentile
Published
2024-02-28T00:04Z
Affected products (6)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 4.11, < 4.14.2334.14.233
linux/linux_kernel≥ 4.15, < 4.19.1914.19.191
linux/linux_kernel≥ 4.20, < 5.4.1185.4.118
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.5, < 5.10.365.10.36
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.11, < 5.11.205.11.20
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.12, < 5.12.35.12.3
References (14)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83728cbf366e334301091d5b808add468ab46b27 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93f3339b22ba17e66f0808737467b70ba087eaec · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aaa0faa5c28a91c362352d6b35dc3ed10df56fb0 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b399c1a3ea0b9d10047ff266d65533df7f15532f · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e486f8397f3f14a7cadc166138141fdb14379a54 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e94851629c49c65b4fbb29a5725ddfd7988f8f20 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f59a9242942fef0de7b926e438ba4eae65d4b4dd · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83728cbf366e334301091d5b808add468ab46b27 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93f3339b22ba17e66f0808737467b70ba087eaec · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aaa0faa5c28a91c362352d6b35dc3ed10df56fb0 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b399c1a3ea0b9d10047ff266d65533df7f15532f · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e486f8397f3f14a7cadc166138141fdb14379a54 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e94851629c49c65b4fbb29a5725ddfd7988f8f20 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f59a9242942fef0de7b926e438ba4eae65d4b4dd · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 FEB 18:46Z
    cifs: Return correct error code from smb2_get_enc_key
    cvelistv5