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

net: fix uninit-value in caif_seqpkt_sendmsg

When nr_segs equal to zero in iovec_from_user, the object
msg->msg_iter.iov is uninit stack memory in caif_seqpkt_sendmsg
which is defined in ___sys_sendmsg. So we cann't just judge
msg->msg_iter.iov->base directlly. We can use nr_segs to judge
msg in caif_seqpkt_sendmsg whether has data buffers.

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BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in caif_seqpkt_sendmsg+0x693/0xf60 net/caif/caif_socket.c:542
Call Trace:
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:77 [inline]
dump_stack+0x1c9/0x220 lib/dump_stack.c:118
kmsan_report+0xf7/0x1e0 mm/kmsan/kmsan_report.c:118
__msan_warning+0x58/0xa0 mm/kmsan/kmsan_instr.c:215
caif_seqpkt_sendmsg+0x693/0xf60 net/caif/caif_socket.c:542
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:652 [inline]
sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:672 [inline]
____sys_sendmsg+0x12b6/0x1350 net/socket.c:2343
___sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2397 [inline]
__sys_sendmmsg+0x808/0xc90 net/socket.c:2480
__compat_sys_sendmmsg net/compat.c:656 [inline]
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses CWE-908
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-04T07:08:12.115Z

Reserved: 2024-05-21T13:27:52.132Z

Link: CVE-2021-47297

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T05:32:08.483Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-05-21T15:15:17.553

Modified: 2025-04-02T14:42:58.820

Link: CVE-2021-47297

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-05-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-47297 - Bugzilla

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