CVE-2021-47202

thermal: Fix NULL pointer dereferences in of_thermal_ functions

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: April 10, 2024 at 06:56 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:16 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thermal: Fix NULL pointer dereferences in of_thermal_ functions of_parse_thermal_zones() parses the thermal-zones node and registers a thermal_zone device for each subnode. However, if a thermal zone is consuming a thermal sensor and that thermal sensor device hasn't probed yet, an attempt to set trip_point_*_temp for that thermal zone device can cause a NULL pointer dereference. Fix it. console:/sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone87 # echo 120000 > trip_point_0_temp ... Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000020 ... Call trace: of_thermal_set_trip_temp+0x40/0xc4 trip_point_temp_store+0xc0/0x1dc dev_attr_store+0x38/0x88 sysfs_kf_write+0x64/0xc0 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x108/0x1d0 vfs_write+0x2f4/0x368 ksys_write+0x7c/0xec __arm64_sys_write+0x20/0x30 el0_svc_common.llvm.7279915941325364641+0xbc/0x1bc do_el0_svc+0x28/0xa0 el0_svc+0x14/0x24 el0_sync_handler+0x88/0xec el0_sync+0x1c0/0x200 While at it, fix the possible NULL pointer dereference in other functions as well: of_thermal_get_temp(), of_thermal_set_emul_temp(), of_thermal_get_trend().

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 5.4.2103.19 ≤ v < 5.10.813.19 ≤ v < 5.14.213.19 ≤ v < 5.15.43.19 ≤ v < 5.163.19 ≤ v < 5.4.2105.11 ≤ v < 5.14.215.15 ≤ v < 5.15.45.5 ≤ v < 5.10.812251aef64a38db60f4ae7a4a83f9203c6791f1963.19
Vendor states this is fixed in 0750f769b95841b34a9fe8c418dd792ff526bf86 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6a315471cb6a07f651e1d3adc8962730f4fcccac (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 828f4c31684da94ecf0b44a2cbd35bbede04f0bd (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 96cfe05051fd8543cdedd6807ec59a0e6c409195 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ef2590a5305e0b8e9342f84c2214aa478ee7f28e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3.19 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.81 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.14.21 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.210 (unaffected)

References (5)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0750f769b95841b34a9fe8c418dd792ff526bf86
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a315471cb6a07f651e1d3adc8962730f4fcccac
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/828f4c31684da94ecf0b44a2cbd35bbede04f0bd
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96cfe05051fd8543cdedd6807ec59a0e6c409195
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef2590a5305e0b8e9342f84c2214aa478ee7f28e

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-476

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