CVE-2021-47055 Affecting kernel-default-devel package, versions <5.3.18-150300.59.158.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES153-KERNELDEFAULTDEVEL-7721550
  • published20 Aug 2024
  • disclosed3 May 2024

Introduced: 3 May 2024

CVE-2021-47055  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 kernel-default-devel to version 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-default-devel package and not the kernel-default-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

mtd: require write permissions for locking and badblock ioctls

MEMLOCK, MEMUNLOCK and OTPLOCK modify protection bits. Thus require write permission. Depending on the hardware MEMLOCK might even be write-once, e.g. for SPI-NOR flashes with their WP# tied to GND. OTPLOCK is always write-once.

MEMSETBADBLOCK modifies the bad block table.

CVSS Scores

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