# CVE-2021-47474: comedi: vmk80xx: fix bulk-buffer overflow

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-22 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 2.6.31

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: comedi: vmk80xx: fix bulk-buffer overflow The driver is using endpoint-sized buffers but must not assume that the tx and rx buffers are of equal size or a malicious device could overflow the slab-allocated receive buffer when doing bulk transfers.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0e6a63fd97ad95fe05dfd77268a1952551e11a7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cfb35db607760698d299fd1cf7402dfa8f09973
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0866dcaa828c21bc2f94dac00e086078f11b5772
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/063f576c43d589a4c153554b681d32b3f8317c7b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ae4715121a57bc6fa29fd992127b01907f2f993
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7fd7f3387f070215e6be341e68eb5c087eeecc0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b0e356189327287d0eb98ec081bd6dd97068cd3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47b4636ebdbeba2044b3db937c4d2b6a4fe3d0f2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78cdfd62bd54af615fba9e3ca1ba35de39d3871d

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