CVE-2021-47216 scsi: advansys: Fix kernel pointer leak

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

An attacker can read kernel memory addresses via the advansys SCSI driver, potentially aiding further exploitation.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2021-47216?

CVE-2021-47216 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 10 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

scsi: advansys: Fix kernel pointer leak

Pointers should be printed with %p or %px rather than cast to 'unsigned long' and printed with %lx.

Change %lx to %p to print the hashed pointer.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-47216?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2021-47216?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2021-47216 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-47216 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47216, GHSA-7vqx-fpjm-pj2j, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47216.

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