CVE Catalog

CVE-2021-47244

HighCVSS 8.2
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.71%

50th percentile - higher than 50% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's mptcp (Multipath TCP), the TCP option parser (mptcp_get_options) can read one byte out of bounds when the option length is 1. The fix is inspired by a similar fix for IPv4 TCP.

Risk Assessment

Out-of-bounds read can lead to information disclosure or system crash.

Recommendation

Install the Linux kernel update containing this fix.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: Fix out of bounds when parsing TCP options The TCP option parser in mptcp (mptcp_get_options) could read one byte out of bounds. When the length is 1, the execution flow gets into the loop, reads one byte of the opcode, and if the opcode is neither TCPOPT_EOL nor TCPOPT_NOP, it reads one more byte, which exceeds the length of 1. This fix is inspired by commit 9609dad263f8 ("ipv4: tcp_input: fix stack out of bounds when parsing TCP options.").

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