CVE-2021-47221 Affecting kernel-rt-kvm package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELRTKVM-7113485
- published 24 May 2024
- disclosed 21 May 2024
How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:7 kernel-rt-kvm.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-kvm package and not the kernel-rt-kvm package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/slub: actually fix freelist pointer vs redzoning
It turns out that SLUB redzoning ("slub_debug=Z") checks from s->object_size rather than from s->inuse (which is normally bumped to make room for the freelist pointer), so a cache created with an object size less than 24 would have the freelist pointer written beyond s->object_size, causing the redzone to be corrupted by the freelist pointer. This was very visible with "slub_debug=ZF":
BUG test (Tainted: G B ): Right Redzone overwritten
INFO: 0xffff957ead1c05de-0xffff957ead1c05df @offset=1502. First byte 0x1a instead of 0xbb INFO: Slab 0xffffef3950b47000 objects=170 used=170 fp=0x0000000000000000 flags=0x8000000000000200 INFO: Object 0xffff957ead1c05d8 @offset=1496 fp=0xffff957ead1c0620
Redzone (ptrval): bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb ........ Object (ptrval): 00 00 00 00 00 f6 f4 a5 ........ Redzone (ptrval): 40 1d e8 1a aa @.... Padding (ptrval): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
Adjust the offset to stay within s->object_size.
(Note that no caches of in this size range are known to exist in the kernel currently.)