CVE-2021-47153
Published: Mar 25, 2024
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: i801: Don't generate an interrupt on bus reset Now that the i2c-i801 driver supports interrupts, setting the KILL bit in a attempt to recover from a timed out transaction triggers an interrupt. Unfortunately, the interrupt handler (i801_isr) is not prepared for this situation and will try to process the interrupt as if it was signaling the end of a successful transaction. In the case of a block transaction, this can result in an out-of-range memory access. This condition was reproduced several times by syzbot: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=ed71512d469895b5b34e https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=8c8dedc0ba9e03f6c79e https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=c8ff0b6d6c73d81b610e https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=33f6c360821c399d69eb https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=be15dc0b1933f04b043a https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=b4d3fd1dfd53e90afd79 So disable interrupts while trying to reset the bus. Interrupts will be enabled again for the following transaction.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 636752bcb5177a301d0266270661581de8624828 - < f9469082126cebb7337db3992d143f5e4edfe629affected 636752bcb5177a301d0266270661581de8624828 - < 09c9e79f4c10cfb6b9e0e1b4dd355232e4b5a3b3affected 636752bcb5177a301d0266270661581de8624828 - < dfa8929e117b0228a7765f5c3f5988a4a028f3c6affected 636752bcb5177a301d0266270661581de8624828 - < c70e1ba2e7e65255a0ce004f531dd90dada97a8caffected 636752bcb5177a301d0266270661581de8624828 - < 04cc05e3716ae31b17ecdab7bc55c8170def1b8b+3 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 3.6unaffected 0 - < 3.6unaffected 4.4.271 - <= 4.4.*unaffected 4.9.271 - <= 4.9.*unaffected 4.14.235 - <= 4.14.*+5 more versions |
References
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