linux — security advisory

{
  "id": "f44c7c004afeee3b0c7116eccc883bd9d5ce42007e3315b75a50533a571b56be",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47097",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47097",
    "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Input: elantech - fix stack out of bound access in elantech_change_report_id() The array param[] in elantech_change_report_id() must be at least 3 bytes, because elantech_read_reg_params() is calling ps2_command() with PSMOUSE_CMD_GETINFO, that is going to access 3 bytes from param[], but it's defined in the stack as an array of 2 bytes, therefore we have a potential stack out-of-bounds access here, also confirmed by KASAN: [ 6.512374] BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in __ps2_command+0x372/0x7e0 [ 6.512397] Read of size 1 at addr ffff8881024d77c2 by task kworker/2:1/118 [ 6.512416] CPU: 2 PID: 118 Comm: kworker/2:1 Not tainted 5.13.0-22-generic #22+arighi20211110 [ 6.512428] Hardware name: LENOVO 20T8000QGE/20T8000QGE, BIOS R1AET32W (1.08 ) 08/14/2020 [ 6.512436] Workqueue: events_long serio_handle_event [ 6.512453] Call Trace: [ 6.512462] show_stack+0x52/0x58 [ 6.512474] dump_stack+0xa1/0xd3 [ 6.512487] print_address_description.constprop.0+0x1d/0x140 [ 6.512502] ? __ps2_command+0x372/0x7e0 [ 6.512516] __kasan_report.cold+0x7d/0x112 [ 6.512527] ? _raw_write_lock_irq+0x20/0xd0 [ 6.512539] ? __ps2_command+0x372/0x7e0 [ 6.512552] kasan_report+0x3c/0x50 [ 6.512564] __asan_load1+0x6a/0x70 [ 6.512575] __ps2_command+0x372/0x7e0 [ 6.512589] ? ps2_drain+0x240/0x240 [ 6.512601] ? dev_printk_emit+0xa2/0xd3 [ 6.512612] ? dev_vprintk_emit+0xc5/0xc5 [ 6.512621] ? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x20 [ 6.512634] ? mutex_lock+0x8f",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47097",
    "products": [
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        "name": {
          "value": "linux",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "5.15.15-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
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      },
      {
        "name": {
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          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
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          }
        ],
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      },
      {
        "name": {
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          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
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            "value": "5.15.15-1",
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          }
        ],
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    ],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
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      ],
      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "linux",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47097.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
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              "events": [
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                  "introduced": "0"
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              ]
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          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "linux",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
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          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
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                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "5.15.15-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "linux",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
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          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T18:04:18.534637647Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2021-47097"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-47097"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-47097",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 423289,
  "published_at": "2024-03-04T18:15:08.017+00:00"
}