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LIN1021-7393 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2021-46916

Created: Feb 27, 2024    Updated: Mar 18, 2024
Resolved Date: Mar 18, 2024
Found In Version: 10.21.20.1
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux LTS 21
Component/s: Kernel

Description

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

ixgbe: Fix NULL pointer dereference in ethtool loopback test

The ixgbe driver currently generates a NULL pointer dereference when
performing the ethtool loopback test. This is due to the fact that there
isn't a q_vector associated with the test ring when it is setup as
interrupts are not normally added to the test rings.

To address this I have added code that will check for a q_vector before
returning a napi_id value. If a q_vector is not present it will return a
value of 0.

CREATE(Triage):(User=admin) CVE-2021-46916 (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-46916)
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