Overview
About vulnerability
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/uverbs: Guard legacy bundles without method_elm
The legacy write() path dispatches through a uverbs_api_write_method, but the uverbs_attr_bundle passed to provider code does not have an ioctl method element. If malformed provider input causes the common uverbs validation code to emit an error message, uverbs_get_handler_fn() dereferences the uninitialized method_elm pointer.
Initialize method_elm explicitly for legacy bundles and make uverbs_get_handler_fn() return NULL when no ioctl method is present. The legacy dispatcher continues to use its local write method, while the ioctl path continues to use the registered ioctl handler.
Details
- Affected product:
- Debian 10 ELS , Debian 11 ELS
- Affected packages:
- linux @ 4.19.0 (+1 more)