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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2021-47633"
idYear: 2021
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2025-02-26T01:54:08.651Z"
updatedAt: "2026-05-11T13:58:10.164Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:56:36.661Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2021-47633"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2021-47633.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47633"
title: "ath5k: fix OOB in ath5k_eeprom_read_pcal_info_5111"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nath5k: fix OOB in ath5k_eeprom_read_pcal_info_5111\n\nThe bug was found during fuzzing. Stacktrace locates it in\nath5k_eeprom_convert_pcal_info_5111.\nWhen none of the curve is selected in the loop, idx can go\nup to AR5K_EEPROM_N_PD_CURVES. The line makes pd out of bound.\npd = &chinfo[pier].pd_curves[idx];\n\nThere are many OOB writes using pd later in the code. So I\nadded a sanity check for idx. Checks for other loops involving\nAR5K_EEPROM_N_PD_CURVES are not needed as the loop index is not\nused outside the loops.\n\nThe patch is NOT tested with real device.\n\nThe following is the fuzzing report\n\nBUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ath5k_eeprom_read_pcal_info_5111+0x126a/0x1390 [ath5k]\nWrite of size 1 at addr ffff8880174a4d60 by task modprobe/214\n\nCPU: 0 PID: 214 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 5.6.0 #1\nCall Trace:\n dump_stack+0x76/0xa0\n print_address_description.constprop.0+0x16/0x200\n ? ath5k_eeprom_read_pcal_info_5111+0x126a/0x1390 [ath5k]\n ? ath5k_eeprom_read_pcal_info_5111+0x126a/0x1390 [ath5k]\n __kasan_report.cold+0x37/0x7c\n ? ath5k_eeprom_read_pcal_info_5111+0x126a/0x1390 [ath5k]\n kasan_report+0xe/0x20\n ath5k_eeprom_read_pcal_info_5111+0x126a/0x1390 [ath5k]\n ? apic_timer_interrupt+0xa/0x20\n ? ath5k_eeprom_init_11a_pcal_freq+0xbc0/0xbc0 [ath5k]\n ? ath5k_pci_eeprom_read+0x228/0x3c0 [ath5k]\n ath5k_eeprom_init+0x2513/0x6290 [ath5k]\n ? ath5k_eeprom_init_11a_pcal_freq+0xbc0/0xbc0 [ath5k]\n ? usleep_range+0xb8/0x100\n ? apic_timer_interrupt+0xa/0x20\n ? ath5k_eeprom_read_pcal_info_2413+0x2f20/0x2f20 [ath5k]\n ath5k_hw_init+0xb60/0x1970 [ath5k]\n ath5k_init_ah+0x6fe/0x2530 [ath5k]\n ? kasprintf+0xa6/0xe0\n ? ath5k_stop+0x140/0x140 [ath5k]\n ? _dev_notice+0xf6/0xf6\n ? apic_timer_interrupt+0xa/0x20\n ath5k_pci_probe.cold+0x29a/0x3d6 [ath5k]\n ? ath5k_pci_eeprom_read+0x3c0/0x3c0 [ath5k]\n ? mutex_lock+0x89/0xd0\n ? ath5k_pci_eeprom_read+0x3c0/0x3c0 [ath5k]\n local_pci_probe+0xd3/0x160\n pci_device_probe+0x23f/0x3e0\n ? pci_device_remove+0x280/0x280\n ? pci_device_remove+0x280/0x280\n really_probe+0x209/0x5d0"
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