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

nvmem: Fix shift-out-of-bound (UBSAN) with byte size cells

If a cell has 'nbits' equal to a multiple of BITS_PER_BYTE the logic

*p &= GENMASK((cell->nbits%BITS_PER_BYTE) - 1, 0);

will become undefined behavior because nbits modulo BITS_PER_BYTE is 0, and we
subtract one from that making a large number that is then shifted more than the
number of bits that fit into an unsigned long.

UBSAN reports this problem:

UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in drivers/nvmem/core.c:1386:8
shift exponent 64 is too large for 64-bit type 'unsigned long'
CPU: 6 PID: 7 Comm: kworker/u16:0 Not tainted 5.15.0-rc3+ #9
Hardware name: Google Lazor (rev3+) with KB Backlight (DT)
Workqueue: events_unbound deferred_probe_work_func
Call trace:
dump_backtrace+0x0/0x170
show_stack+0x24/0x30
dump_stack_lvl+0x64/0x7c
dump_stack+0x18/0x38
ubsan_epilogue+0x10/0x54
__ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds+0x180/0x194
__nvmem_cell_read+0x1ec/0x21c
nvmem_cell_read+0x58/0x94
nvmem_cell_read_variable_common+0x4c/0xb0
nvmem_cell_read_variable_le_u32+0x40/0x100
a6xx_gpu_init+0x170/0x2f4
adreno_bind+0x174/0x284
component_bind_all+0xf0/0x264
msm_drm_bind+0x1d8/0x7a0
try_to_bring_up_master+0x164/0x1ac
__component_add+0xbc/0x13c
component_add+0x20/0x2c
dp_display_probe+0x340/0x384
platform_probe+0xc0/0x100
really_probe+0x110/0x304
__driver_probe_device+0xb8/0x120
driver_probe_device+0x4c/0xfc
__device_attach_driver+0xb0/0x128
bus_for_each_drv+0x90/0xdc
__device_attach+0xc8/0x174
device_initial_probe+0x20/0x2c
bus_probe_device+0x40/0xa4
deferred_probe_work_func+0x7c/0xb8
process_one_work+0x128/0x21c
process_scheduled_works+0x40/0x54
worker_thread+0x1ec/0x2a8
kthread+0x138/0x158
ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20

Fix it by making sure there are any bits to mask out.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses CWE-787
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Mon, 10 Mar 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Eus
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Eus

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 02:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Tue, 24 Sep 2024 11:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 06:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::nfv
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-04T07:12:19.190Z

Reserved: 2024-05-22T06:20:56.203Z

Link: CVE-2021-47497

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T05:39:59.611Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-05-22T09:15:11.513

Modified: 2025-09-24T19:16:48.953

Link: CVE-2021-47497

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-05-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-47497 - Bugzilla

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