CVE-2021-46917

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

27/02/2024

Last modified:

10/04/2024

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: fix wq cleanup of WQCFG registers A pre-release silicon erratum workaround where wq reset does not clear WQCFG registers was leaked into upstream code. Use wq reset command instead of blasting the MMIO region. This also address an issue where we clobber registers in future devices.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

5.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.8.0 (including)	5.10.32 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.11.0 (including)	5.11.16 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2021-46917

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools