CVE-2021-47501

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue is related to a NULL pointer dereference in the i40e dbg dump desc function when trying to dump VFs VSI RX/TX descriptors using debugfs. This can cause a crash due to the NULL pointer dereference. A check has been added to i40e dbg dump desc to ensure the VSI type is correct for dumping RX/TX descriptors.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.