Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86: Handle SRCU initialization failure during page track init Check the return of init_srcu_struct(), which can fail due to OOM, when initializing the page track mechanism. Lack of checking leads to a NULL pointer deref found by a modified syzkaller. [Move the call towards the beginning of kvm_arch_init_vm. - Paolo]

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Published Date :

2024-05-21T15:03:59.991Z

Last Modified :

2025-12-18T11:37:26.408Z

Source :

Linux
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-47407 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Linux
  • Linux Kernel
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2021-47407.

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4664318f73e496cd22c71b10888e75434a123e23 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/deb2949417677649e2413266d7ce8c2ff73952b4 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb7511bf9182292ef1df1082d23039e856d1ddfb cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024052151-CVE-2021-47407-fd65@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-47407 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47407 cve-icon
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