CVE-2021-47633

Aliases:UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47633DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47633
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 11
Analyzed
Published: 26 Feb 2025, 01:54
Last modified:11 May 2026, 13:58

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
28/100
CVSS Score
7.1 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.26% LOW
0% probability +0.21%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

26 Feb 2025, 01:54
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
11 May 2026, 13:58
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ath5k: fix OOB in ath5k_eeprom_read_pcal_info_5111 The bug was found during fuzzing. Stacktrace locates it in ath5k_eeprom_convert_pcal_info_5111. When none of the curve is selected in the loop, idx can go up to AR5K_EEPROM_N_PD_CURVES. The line makes pd out of bound. pd = &chinfo[pier].pd_curves[idx]; There are many OOB writes using pd later in the code. So I added a sanity check for idx. Checks for other loops involving AR5K_EEPROM_N_PD_CURVES are not needed as the loop index is not used outside the loops. The patch is NOT tested with real device. The following is the fuzzing report BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ath5k_eeprom_read_pcal_info_5111+0x126a/0x1390 [ath5k] Write of size 1 at addr ffff8880174a4d60 by task modprobe/214 CPU: 0 PID: 214 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 5.6.0 #1 Call Trace: dump_stack+0x76/0xa0 print_address_description.constprop.0+0x16/0x200 ? ath5k_eeprom_read_pcal_info_5111+0x126a/0x1390 [ath5k] ? ath5k_eeprom_read_pcal_info_5111+0x126a/0x1390 [ath5k] __kasan_report.cold+0x37/0x7c ? ath5k_eeprom_read_pcal_info_5111+0x126a/0x1390 [ath5k] kasan_report+0xe/0x20 ath5k_eeprom_read_pcal_info_5111+0x126a/0x1390 [ath5k] ? apic_timer_interrupt+0xa/0x20 ? ath5k_eeprom_init_11a_pcal_freq+0xbc0/0xbc0 [ath5k] ? ath5k_pci_eeprom_read+0x228/0x3c0 [ath5k] ath5k_eeprom_init+0x2513/0x6290 [ath5k] ? ath5k_eeprom_init_11a_pcal_freq+0xbc0/0xbc0 [ath5k] ? usleep_range+0xb8/0x100 ? apic_timer_interrupt+0xa/0x20 ? ath5k_eeprom_read_pcal_info_2413+0x2f20/0x2f20 [ath5k] ath5k_hw_init+0xb60/0x1970 [ath5k] ath5k_init_ah+0x6fe/0x2530 [ath5k] ? kasprintf+0xa6/0xe0 ? ath5k_stop+0x140/0x140 [ath5k] ? _dev_notice+0xf6/0xf6 ? apic_timer_interrupt+0xa/0x20 ath5k_pci_probe.cold+0x29a/0x3d6 [ath5k] ? ath5k_pci_eeprom_read+0x3c0/0x3c0 [ath5k] ? mutex_lock+0x89/0xd0 ? ath5k_pci_eeprom_read+0x3c0/0x3c0 [ath5k] local_pci_probe+0xd3/0x160 pci_device_probe+0x23f/0x3e0 ? pci_device_remove+0x280/0x280 ? pci_device_remove+0x280/0x280 really_probe+0x209/0x5d0

CVSS Metrics

  • v4.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.4CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.26%• Percentile: 18%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-125•Out-of-bounds Read

    The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

Affected Systems

  • debian•linux

    < 5.10.113-1 | < 5.17.3-1 | < 5.17.3-1 | < 5.17.3-1

  • ubuntu•linux

    all | < 4.15.0-189.200 | < 5.4.0-117.132 | < 5.15.0-37.39

  • ubuntu•linux-allwinner-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws

    all | < 4.15.0-1137.148 | < 5.4.0-1078.84 | < 5.15.0-1011.14

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.0

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.13

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.3

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.4

    < 5.4.0-1078.84~18.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.8

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-6.2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-6.5

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-fips

    < 4.15.0-2076.81 | all | < 5.4.0-1078.84+fips1

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-hwe

    < 4.15.0-1137.148~16.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-azure

    < 4.15.0-1146.161~14.04.1 | < 4.15.0-1146.161~16.04.1 | all | < 5.4.0-1083.87 | < 5.15.0-1010.12

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-4.15

    < 4.15.0-1146.161

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.13

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.15

    < 5.15.0-1008.9~20.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.3

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.4

    < 5.4.0-1083.87~18.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.8

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-6.2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-6.5

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-edge

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fips

    < 4.15.0-2057.63 | all | < 5.4.0-1083.87+fips1

  • ubuntu•linux-bluefield

    all | < 5.4.0-1040.44

  • ubuntu•linux-fips

    all | < 4.15.0-1094.105 | < 5.4.0-1054.61

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp

    < 4.15.0-1131.147~16.04.1 | all | < 5.4.0-1078.84 | < 5.15.0-1008.12

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-4.15

    < 4.15.0-1131.147

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.13

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.3

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.4

    < 5.4.0-1078.84~18.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.8

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.5

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-fips

    < 4.15.0-2041.46 | all | < 5.4.0-1078.84+fips1

  • ubuntu•linux-gke

    all | < 5.15.0-1008.10

  • ubuntu•linux-gke-4.15

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gke-5.15

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gke-5.4

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gkeop

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gkeop-5.15

    all

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References (13)