CVE-2021-47528

usb: cdnsp: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in cdnsp_endpoint_init()

published May 24, 2024

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
10.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

usb: cdnsp: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in cdnsp_endpoint_init()

In cdnsp_endpoint_init(), cdnsp_ring_alloc() is assigned to pep->ring

and there is a dereference of it in cdnsp_endpoint_init(), which could

lead to a NULL pointer dereference on failure of cdnsp_ring_alloc().

Fix this bug by adding a check of pep->ring.

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_USB_CDNSP_GADGET=y 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
0.00205 · 10.0th percentile
Published
2024-05-24T15:09Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 MAY 15:09Z
    usb: cdnsp: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in cdnsp_endpoint_init()
    cvelistv5