CVE-2021-47170

linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: usbfs: Don't WARN about excessively large m...

CVE-2021-47170 is fixed in linux on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47170, released March 25, 2024. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
5.5
medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0024
14th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: usbfs: Don't WARN about excessively large memory allocations Syzbot found that the kernel generates a WARNing if the user tries to submit a bulk transfer through usbfs with a buffer that is way too large. This isn't a bug in the kernel; it's merely an invalid request from the user and the usbfs code does handle it correctly. In theory the same thing can happen with async transfers, or with the packet descriptor table for isochronous transfers. To prevent the MM subsystem from complaining about these bad allocation requests, add the __GFP_NOWARN flag to the kmalloc calls for these buffers.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 5.14.6-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47170 Mar 25, 2024
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 5.14.6-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47170 Mar 25, 2024
linux · Debian 14 5.14.6-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47170 Mar 25, 2024

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