CVE Catalog

CVE-2021-47210

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.23%

13th percentile - higher than 13% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the USB Type-C driver (tipd) function tps6598x_block_read triggers a WARN_ON when given an excessive length, potentially causing a system panic if panic-on-warn is enabled.

Risk Assessment

An attacker with USB access could crash the system by sending a request with excessive length, leading to denial of service.

Recommendation

Install a Linux kernel update that removes the WARN_ON and instead returns an error, preventing system crash.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: typec: tipd: Remove WARN_ON in tps6598x_block_read Calling tps6598x_block_read with a higher than allowed len can be handled by just returning an error. There's no need to crash systems with panic-on-warn enabled.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS