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Linux Linux — i2c: i801: Don't generate an interrupt on bus reset
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U H N H 7.1 .0023 14.2 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 636752bcb5177a301d0266270661581de8624828 – —
Linux 3.6 – 4.4.271
TIMELINE
Mar 4 Reserved by Linux
Mar 25 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2021-47153 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 7.1 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
i2c: i801: Don't generate an interrupt on bus reset
Now that the i2c-i801 driver supports interrupts, setting the KILL bit
in a attempt to recover from a timed out transaction triggers an
interrupt. Unfortunately, the interrupt handler (i801_isr) is not
prepared for this situation and will try to process the interrupt as
if it was signaling the end of a successful transaction. In the case
of a block transaction, this can result in an out-of-range memory
access.
This condition was reproduced several times by syzbot:
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=ed71512d469895b5b34e
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=8c8dedc0ba9e03f6c79e
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=c8ff0b6d6c73d81b610e
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=33f6c360821c399d69eb
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=be15dc0b1933f04b043a
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=b4d3fd1dfd53e90afd79
So disable interrupts while trying to reset the bus. Interrupts will
be enabled again for the following transaction.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| March 4, 2024 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| March 25, 2024 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2021-47153 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 7.1 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 636752bcb5177a301d0266270661581de8624828 | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 3.6 | 4.4.271 |
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