CVE-2021-47003
Published Feb 28, 2024
Last updated 9 months ago
Overview
- Description
- In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: Fix potential null dereference on pointer status There are calls to idxd_cmd_exec that pass a null status pointer however a recent commit has added an assignment to *status that can end up with a null pointer dereference. The function expects a null status pointer sometimes as there is a later assignment to *status where status is first null checked. Fix the issue by null checking status before making the assignment. Addresses-Coverity: ("Explicit null dereferenced")
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- NVD status
- Awaiting Analysis
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