UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46917

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46917

    Published: 27 Feb 2024Last Modified: 24 Oct 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-46917

    Summary:

    Details: 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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-46917, https://git.kernel.org/linus/ea9aadc06a9f10ad20a90edc0a484f1147d88a7a, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5eb9757fe4c2392e069246ae78badc573af1833, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7dc8f5619165e1fa3383d0c2519f502d9e2a1a9, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea9aadc06a9f10ad20a90edc0a484f1147d88a7a, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-46917

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux-hwe-edge

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    4.8.0-28.30~16.04.1
    4.8.0-30.32~16.04.1
    4.8.0-32.34~16.04.1
    4.8.0-34.36~16.04.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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