Vulnerability Details : CVE-2021-46928
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
parisc: Clear stale IIR value on instruction access rights trap
When a trap 7 (Instruction access rights) occurs, this means the CPU
couldn't execute an instruction due to missing execute permissions on
the memory region. In this case it seems the CPU didn't even fetched
the instruction from memory and thus did not store it in the cr19 (IIR)
register before calling the trap handler. So, the trap handler will find
some random old stale value in cr19.
This patch simply overwrites the stale IIR value with a constant magic
"bad food" value (0xbaadf00d), in the hope people don't start to try to
understand the various random IIR values in trap 7 dumps.
Products affected by CVE-2021-46928
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-46928
0.03%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 5 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2021-46928
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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5.5
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
1.8
|
3.6
|
NIST | 2024-04-10 |
CWE ids for CVE-2021-46928
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The product does not handle or incorrectly handles an exceptional condition.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2021-46928
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e96373f0a5f484bc1e193f9951dcb3adf24bf3f7
parisc: Clear stale IIR value on instruction access rights trap - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable treePatch
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d01e9ce1af6116f812491d3d3873d204f10ae0b8
parisc: Clear stale IIR value on instruction access rights trap - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable treePatch
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/484730e5862f6b872dca13840bed40fd7c60fa26
parisc: Clear stale IIR value on instruction access rights trap - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable treePatch
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