Vulnerability CVE-2021-47501


Published: 2024-05-24

Description:
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

i40e: Fix NULL pointer dereference in i40e_dbg_dump_desc

When trying to dump VFs VSI RX/TX descriptors
using debugfs there was a crash
due to NULL pointer dereference in i40e_dbg_dump_desc.
Added a check to i40e_dbg_dump_desc that checks if
VSI type is correct for dumping RX/TX descriptors.

 References:
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5b7fb2198abc50058f1a29c395b004f76ab1c83
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16431e442db248ecd8aa9457cf0a656f1885f56e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23ec111bf3549aae37140330c31a16abfc172421

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