CVE-2021-47434
Published: May 22, 2024
Modified: May 23, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xhci: Fix command ring pointer corruption while aborting a command The command ring pointer is located at [6:63] bits of the command ring control register (CRCR). All the control bits like command stop, abort are located at [0:3] bits. While aborting a command, we read the CRCR and set the abort bit and write to the CRCR. The read will always give command ring pointer as all zeros. So we essentially write only the control bits. Since we split the 64 bit write into two 32 bit writes, there is a possibility of xHC command ring stopped before the upper dword (all zeros) is written. If that happens, xHC updates the upper dword of its internal command ring pointer with all zeros. Next time, when the command ring is restarted, we see xHC memory access failures. Fix this issue by only writing to the lower dword of CRCR where all control bits are located.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected b92cc66c047ff7cf587b318fe377061a353c120f - < 22bcb65ea41072ab5d03c0c6290e04e0df6d09a0affected b92cc66c047ff7cf587b318fe377061a353c120f - < 62c182b5e763e5f4062e72678e72ce3e02dd4d1baffected b92cc66c047ff7cf587b318fe377061a353c120f - < 01c2dcb67e71c351006dd17cbba86c26b7f61eafaffected b92cc66c047ff7cf587b318fe377061a353c120f - < dec944bb7079b37968cf69c8a438f91f15c4cc61affected b92cc66c047ff7cf587b318fe377061a353c120f - < e54abefe703ab7c4e5983e889babd1447738ca42+11 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 3.7unaffected 0 - < 3.7unaffected 4.14.252 - <= 4.14.*unaffected 4.19.213 - <= 4.19.*unaffected 5.4.155 - <= 5.4.*+3 more versions |
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