CVE-2021-46917

medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: fix wq cleanup of WQCFG registers A pre-release silicon erratum workaround where wq reset does not clear WQCFG registers was leaked into upstream code. Use wq reset command instead of blasting the MMIO region. This also address an issue where we clobber registers in future devices.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7dc8f5619165e1fa3383d0c2519f502d9e2a1a9

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea9aadc06a9f10ad20a90edc0a484f1147d88a7a

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5eb9757fe4c2392e069246ae78badc573af1833

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-02-27

Updated: 2024-04-10

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium