| CVE-2021-46916 | Date: (C)2024-02-27 (M)2024-04-19 |
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.
CVSS Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -| CVSS V3 Severity: | CVSS V2 Severity: |
| CVSS Score : 5.5 | CVSS Score : |
| Exploit Score: 1.8 | Exploit Score: |
| Impact Score: 3.6 | Impact Score: |
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| Attack Vector: LOCAL | Access Vector: |
| Attack Complexity: LOW | Access Complexity: |
| Privileges Required: LOW | Authentication: |
| User Interaction: NONE | Confidentiality: |
| Scope: UNCHANGED | Integrity: |
| Confidentiality: NONE | Availability: |
| Integrity: NONE | |
| Availability: HIGH | |
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