CVE-2021-46935

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: binder: fix async_free_space accounting for empty parcels In 4.13, commit 74310e06be4d ("android: binder: Move buffer out of area shared with user space") fixed a kernel structure visibility issue. As part of that patch, sizeof(void *) was used as the buffer size for 0-length data payloads so the driver could detect abusive clients sending 0-length asynchronous transactions to a server by enforcing limits on async_free_size. Unfortunately, on the "free" side, the accounting of async_free_space did not add the sizeof(void *) back. The result was that up to 8-bytes of async_free_space were leaked on every async transaction of 8-bytes or less. These small transactions are uncommon, so this accounting issue has gone undetected for several years. The fix is to use "buffer_size" (the allocated buffer size) instead of "size" (the logical buffer size) when updating the async_free_space during the free operation. These are the same except for this corner case of asynchronous transactions with payloads < 8 bytes.
Configurations

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OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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History

10 Apr 2024, 18:24

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CWE CWE-668
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/103b16a8c51f96d5fe063022869ea906c256e5da - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/103b16a8c51f96d5fe063022869ea906c256e5da - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17691bada6b2f1d5f1c0f6d28cd9d0727023b0ff - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17691bada6b2f1d5f1c0f6d28cd9d0727023b0ff - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1cb8444f3114f0bb2f6e3bcadcf09aa4a28425d4 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1cb8444f3114f0bb2f6e3bcadcf09aa4a28425d4 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d2df539d05205fd83c404d5f2dff48d36f9b495 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d2df539d05205fd83c404d5f2dff48d36f9b495 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c7064402609aeb6fb11be1b4ec10673ff17b593 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c7064402609aeb6fb11be1b4ec10673ff17b593 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cfd0d84ba28c18b531648c9d4a35ecca89ad9901 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cfd0d84ba28c18b531648c9d4a35ecca89ad9901 - Patch

27 Feb 2024, 14:20

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2024-02-27 10:15

Updated : 2024-04-10 18:24


NVD link : CVE-2021-46935

Mitre link : CVE-2021-46935

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-46935


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-668

Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere