CVE-2021-47006: linux kernel vulnerability

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ARM: 9064/1: hw_breakpoint: Do not directly check the event's overflow_handler hook The commit 1879445dfa7b ("perf/core: Set event's default ::overflow_handler()") set a default event->overflow_handler in perf_event_alloc(), and replace the check event->overflow_handler with is_default_overflow_handler(), but one is missing. Currently, the bp->overflow_handler can not be NULL. As a result, enable_single_step() is always not invoked. Comments from Zhen Lei: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-arm-kernel/patch/20210207105934.2001-1-thunder.leizhen@huawei.com/
CVE-2021-47006CVSS 5.5Linux

CVE-2021-47006: linux kernel vulnerability

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ARM: 9064/1: hw_breakpoint: Do not directly check the event's overflow_handler hook The commit 1879445dfa7b ("perf/core: Set event's default ::overflow_handler()") set a default event->overflow_handler in perf_event_alloc(), and replace the check event->overflow_handler with is_default_overflow_handler(), but one is missing. Currently, the bp->overflow_handler can not be NULL. As a result, enable_single_step() is always not invoked. Comments from Zhen Lei: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-arm-kernel/patch/20210207105934.2001-1-thunder.leizhen@huawei.com/

CVSS
5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS
16.58%
Known exploited
not in KEV
Product
linux kernel

What is known

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ARM: 9064/1: hw_breakpoint: Do not directly check the event's overflow_handler hook The commit 1879445dfa7b ("perf/core: Set event's default ::overflow_handler()") set a default event->overflow_handler in perf_event_alloc(), and replace the check event->overflow_handler with is_default_overflow_handler(), but one is missing. Currently, the bp->overflow_handler can not be NULL. As a result, enable_single_step() is always not invoked. Comments from Zhen Lei: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-arm-kernel/patch/20210207105934.2001-1-thunder.leizhen@huawei.com/

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