CVE-2021-47642

Summary

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

video: fbdev: nvidiafb: Use strscpy() to prevent buffer overflow

Coverity complains of a possible buffer overflow. However, given the 'static' scope of nvidia_setup_i2c_bus() it looks like that can't happen after examiniing the call sites.

CID 19036 (#1 of 1): Copy into fixed size buffer (STRING_OVERFLOW)

  1. fixed_size_dest: You might overrun the 48-character fixed-size string chan->adapter.name by copying name without checking the length.
  2. parameter_as_source: Note: This defect has an elevated risk because the source argument is a parameter of the current function. 89 strcpy(chan->adapter.name, name);

Fix this warning by using strscpy() which will silence the warning and prevent any future buffer overflows should the names used to identify the channel become much longer.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinux1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 47e5533adf118afaf06d25a3e2aaaab89371b1c5affected
LinuxLinux1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 580e5d3815474b8349250c25c16416585a72c7feaffected
LinuxLinux1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 72dd5c46a152136712a55bf026a9aa8c1b12b60daffected
LinuxLinux1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 055cdd2e7b992921424d4daaa285ced787fb205faffected
LinuxLinux1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 08dff482012758935c185532b1ad7d584785a86eaffected
LinuxLinux1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 9ff2f7294ab0f011cd4d1b7dcd9a07d8fdf72834affected
LinuxLinux1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 6a5226e544ac043bb2d8dc1bfe8920d02282f7cdaffected
LinuxLinux1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 41baa86b6c802cdc6ab8ff2d46c083c9be93de81affected
LinuxLinux1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 37a1a2e6eeeb101285cd34e12e48a881524701aaaffected
LinuxLinux2.6.12affected
LinuxLinux0 < 2.6.12unaffected
LinuxLinux4.9.311 <= 4.9.*unaffected
LinuxLinux4.14.276 <= 4.14.*unaffected
LinuxLinux4.19.238 <= 4.19.*unaffected
LinuxLinux5.4.189 <= 5.4.*unaffected
LinuxLinux5.10.110 <= 5.10.*unaffected
LinuxLinux5.15.33 <= 5.15.*unaffected
LinuxLinux5.16.19 <= 5.16.*unaffected
LinuxLinux5.17.2 <= 5.17.*unaffected
LinuxLinux5.18 <= *unaffected

Weaknesses

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