CVE-2021-47219

scsi: scsi_debug: Fix out-of-bound read in resp_report_tgtpgs()

Published Apr 10, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 7.1 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

scsi: scsi_debug: Fix out-of-bound read in resp_report_tgtpgs()

The following issue was observed running syzkaller:

BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in memcpy include/linux/string.h:377 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in sg_copy_buffer+0x150/0x1c0 lib/scatterlist.c:831
Read of size 2132 at addr ffff8880aea95dc8 by task syz-executor.0/9815

CPU: 0 PID: 9815 Comm: syz-executor.0 Not tainted 4.19.202-00874-gfc0fe04215a9 #2
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.10.2-1ubuntu1 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:77 [inline]
dump_stack+0xe4/0x14a lib/dump_stack.c:118
print_address_description+0x73/0x280 mm/kasan/report.c:253
kasan_report_error mm/kasan/report.c:352 [inline]
kasan_report+0x272/0x370 mm/kasan/report.c:410
memcpy+0x1f/0x50 mm/kasan/kasan.c:302
memcpy include/linux/string.h:377 [inline]
sg_copy_buffer+0x150/0x1c0 lib/scatterlist.c:831
fill_from_dev_buffer+0x14f/0x340 drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c:1021
resp_report_tgtpgs+0x5aa/0x770 drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c:1772
schedule_resp+0x464/0x12f0 drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c:4429
scsi_debug_queuecommand+0x467/0x1390 drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c:5835
scsi_dispatch_cmd+0x3fc/0x9b0 drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c:1896
scsi_request_fn+0x1042/0x1810 drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c:2034
__blk_run_queue_uncond block/blk-core.c:464 [inline]
__blk_run_queue+0x1a4/0x380 block/blk-core.c:484
blk_execute_rq_nowait+0x1c2/0x2d0 block/blk-exec.c:78
sg_common_write.isra.19+0xd74/0x1dc0 drivers/scsi/sg.c:847
sg_write.part.23+0x6e0/0xd00 drivers/scsi/sg.c:716
sg_write+0x64/0xa0 drivers/scsi/sg.c:622
__vfs_write+0xed/0x690 fs/read_write.c:485
kill_bdev:block_device:00000000e138492c
vfs_write+0x184/0x4c0 fs/read_write.c:549
ksys_write+0x107/0x240 fs/read_write.c:599
do_syscall_64+0xc2/0x560 arch/x86/entry/common.c:293
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x49/0xbe

We get 'alen' from command its type is int. If userspace passes a large
length we will get a negative 'alen'.

Switch n, alen, and rlen to u32.

Analysis

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7391-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7392-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7392-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7392-3 Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7392-4 Linux kernel (AWS FIPS) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7393-1 Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7401-1 Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7413-1 Linux kernel (IoT) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7463-1 Linux kernel (IBM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7496-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7496-2 Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7496-3 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7496-4 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7496-5 Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7506-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7506-2 Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7506-3 Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7506-4 Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7539-1 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7540-1 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2026, 8:46 AM
Reserved
Apr 10, 2024, 6:59 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 10, 2024, 7:15 PM
Modified
Aug 4, 2026, 10:16 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Apr 10, 2024, 12:00 AM