CVE-2021-47468 isdn: mISDN: Fix sleeping function called from invalid context
A bug in the Linux kernel mISDN driver causes a sleeping function call in atomic context, potentially leading to a system crash or denial of service.
- 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-2021-47468?
CVE-2021-47468 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 22 May 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:
isdn: mISDN: Fix sleeping function called from invalid context
The driver can call card->isac.release() function from an atomic context.
Fix this by calling this function after releasing the lock.
The following log reveals it:
[ 44.168226 ] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/workqueue.c:3018 [ 44.168941 ] in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 1, non_block: 0, pid: 5475, name: modprobe [ 44.169574 ] INFO: lockdep is turned off. [ 44.169899 ] irq event stamp: 0 [ 44.170160 ] hardirqs last enabled at (0): [<0000000000000000>] 0x0 [ 44.170627 ] hardirqs last disabled at (0): [<ffffffff814209ed>] copy_process+0x132d/0x3e00 [ 44.171240 ] softirqs last enabled at (0): [<ffffffff81420a1a>] copy_process+0x135a/0x3e00 [ 44.171852 ] softirqs last disabled at (0): [<0000000000000000>] 0x0 [ 44.172318 ] Preemption disabled at: [ 44.172320 ] [<ffffffffa009b0a9>] nj_release+0x69/0x500 [netjet] [ 44.174441 ] Call Trace: [ 44.174630 ] dump_stack_lvl+0xa8/0xd1 [ 44.174912 ] dump_stack+0x15/0x17 [ 44.175166 ] ___might_sleep+0x3a2/0x510 [ 44.175459 ] ? nj_release+0x69/0x500 [netjet] [ 44.175791 ] __might_sleep+0x82/0xe0 [ 44.176063 ] ? start_flush_work+0x20/0x7b0 [ 44.176375 ] start_flush_work+0x33/0x7b0 [ 44.176672 ] ? trace_irq_enable_rcuidle+0x85/0x170 [ 44.177034 ] ? kasan_quarantine_put+0xaa/0x1f0 [ 44.177372 ] ? kasan_quarantine_put+0xaa/0x1f0 [ 44.177711 ] __flush_work+0x11a/0x1a0 [ 44.177991 ] ? flush_work+0x20/0x20 [ 44.178257 ] ? lock_release+0x13c/0x8f0 [ 44.178550 ] ? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x20 [ 44.178872 ] ? do_raw_spin_lock+0x148/0x360 [ 44.179187 ] ? read_lock_is_recursive+0x20/0x20 [ 44.179530 ] ? __kasan_check_read+0x11/0x20 [ 44.179846 ] ? do_raw_spin_unlock+0x55/0x900 [ 44.180168 ] ? ____kasan_slab_free+0x116/0x140 [ 44.180505 ] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x41/0x60 [ 44.180878 ] ? skb_queue_purge+0x1a3/0x1c0 [ 44.181189 ] ? kfree+0x13e/0x290 [ 44.181438 ] flush_work+0x17/0x20 [ 44.181695 ] mISDN_freedchannel+0xe8/0x100 [ 44.182006 ] isac_release+0x210/0x260 [mISDNipac] [ 44.182366 ] nj_release+0xf6/0x500 [netjet] [ 44.182685 ] nj_remove+0x48/0x70 [netjet] [ 44.182989 ] pci_device_remove+0xa9/0x250
Weakness: CWE-667
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-47468?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2021-47468?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2021-47468 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-47468 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47468, GHSA-hh73-mjw2-25fw, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47468.