{
  "threat_severity" : "Moderate",
  "public_date" : "2024-05-21T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "kernel: hwmon: (w83793) Fix NULL pointer dereference by removing unnecessary structure field",
    "id" : "2282356",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2282356"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "5.5",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "details" : [ "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nhwmon: (w83793) Fix NULL pointer dereference by removing unnecessary structure field\nIf driver read tmp value sufficient for\n(tmp & 0x08) && (!(tmp & 0x80)) && ((tmp & 0x7) == ((tmp >> 4) & 0x7))\nfrom device then Null pointer dereference occurs.\n(It is possible if tmp = 0b0xyz1xyz, where same literals mean same numbers)\nAlso lm75[] does not serve a purpose anymore after switching to\ndevm_i2c_new_dummy_device() in w83791d_detect_subclients().\nThe patch fixes possible NULL pointer dereference by removing lm75[].\nFound by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).\n[groeck: Dropped unnecessary continuation lines, fixed multi-line alignments]", "A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's hwmon driver for the w83793 module where NULL pointer dereference caused by an obsolete structure field lm75[]. During specific device read operations, if certain values are read from the device, the driver could attempt to access a NULL pointer, leading to potential system crashes or instability." ],
  "statement" : "This vulnerability is rated as a moderate severity because the impact is limited to system stability rather than unauthorized access or data exposure.",
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "release_date" : "2024-09-24T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:7001",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::nfv",
    "package" : "kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "release_date" : "2024-09-24T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:7000",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8",
    "package" : "kernel-0:4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support",
    "release_date" : "2024-09-24T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:6993",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8",
    "package" : "kernel-0:4.18.0-477.74.1.el8_8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "release_date" : "2024-11-12T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:9315",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9",
    "package" : "kernel-0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "release_date" : "2024-11-12T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:9315",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9",
    "package" : "kernel-0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support",
    "release_date" : "2024-10-30T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:8613",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2",
    "package" : "kernel-0:5.14.0-284.90.1.el9_2"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support",
    "release_date" : "2024-10-30T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:8614",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2::nfv",
    "package" : "kernel-rt-0:5.14.0-284.90.1.rt14.375.el9_2"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support",
    "release_date" : "2024-12-18T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:11313",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4",
    "package" : "kernel-0:5.14.0-427.49.1.el9_4"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47384\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-47384\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024052144-CVE-2021-47384-f311@gregkh/T" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2021-47384",
  "mitigation" : {
    "value" : "Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.",
    "lang" : "en:us"
  },
  "csaw" : false
}