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CVE-2021-47512

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-05-24
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 5.10.85 / 5.15.8 or later.
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57/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: fq_pie: prevent dismantle issue For some reason, fq_pie_destroy() did not copy working code from pie_destroy() and other qdiscs, thus causing elusive bug. Before calling del_timer_sync(&q->adapt_timer), we need to ensure timer will not rearm itself. rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt self-detected stall on CPU rcu: 0-....: (4416 ticks this GP) idle=60d/1/0x4000000000000000 softirq=10433/10434 fqs=2579 (t=10501 jiffies g=13085 q=3989) NMI backtrace for cpu 0 CPU: 0 PID: 13 Comm: ksoftirqd/0 Not tainted 5.16.0-rc4-syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011 Call Trace: <IRQ> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0xcd/0x134 lib/dump_stack.c:106 nmi_cpu_backtrace.cold+0x47/0x144 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:111 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x1b3/0x230 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62 trigger_single_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:164 [inline] rcu_dump_cpu_stacks+0x25e/0x3f0 kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:343 print_cpu_stall kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:627 [inline] check_cpu_stall kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:711 [inline] rcu_pending kernel/rcu/tree.c:3878 [inline] rcu_sched_clock_irq.cold+0x9d/0x746 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2597 update_process_times+0x16d/0x200 kernel/time/timer.c:1785 tick_sched_handle+0x9b/0x180 kernel/time/tick-sched.c:226 tick_sched_timer+0x1b0/0x2d0 kernel/time/tick-sched.c:1428 __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1685 [inline] __hrtimer_run_queues+0x1c0/0xe50 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1749 hrtimer_interrupt+0x31c/0x790 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1811 local_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1086 [inline] __sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x146/0x530 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1103 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x8e/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1097 </IRQ> <TASK> asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x12/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:638 RIP: 0010:write_comp_data kernel/kcov.c:221 [inline] RIP: 0010:__sanitizer_cov_trace_const_cmp1+0x1d/0x80 kernel/kcov.c:273 Code: 54 c8 20 48 89 10 c3 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 53 41 89 fb 41 89 f1 bf 03 00 00 00 65 48 8b 0c 25 40 70 02 00 48 89 ce 4c 8b 54 24 08 <e8> 4e f7 ff ff 84 c0 74 51 48 8b 81 88 15 00 00 44 8b 81 84 15 00 RSP: 0018:ffffc90000d27b28 EFLAGS: 00000246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888064bf1bf0 RCX: ffff888011928000 RDX: ffff888011928000 RSI: ffff888011928000 RDI: 0000000000000003 RBP: ffff888064bf1c28 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: ffffffff875d8295 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: ffff8880783dd300 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 pie_calculate_probability+0x405/0x7c0 net/sched/sch_pie.c:418 fq_pie_timer+0x170/0x2a0 net/sched/sch_fq_pie.c:383 call_timer_fn+0x1a5/0x6b0 kernel/time/timer.c:1421 expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1466 [inline] __run_timers.part.0+0x675/0xa20 kernel/time/timer.c:1734 __run_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1715 [inline] run_timer_softirq+0xb3/0x1d0 kernel/time/timer.c:1747 __do_softirq+0x29b/0x9c2 kernel/softirq.c:558 run_ksoftirqd kernel/softirq.c:921 [inline] run_ksoftirqd+0x2d/0x60 kernel/softirq.c:913 smpboot_thread_fn+0x645/0x9c0 kernel/smpboot.c:164 kthread+0x405/0x4f0 kernel/kthread.c:327 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295 </TASK>

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Linux KernelOperating system
Affected:>= 5.6, < 5.10.85>= 5.11, < 5.15.8= 5.16

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 5.10.85 / 5.15.8 or later
Fixed in 5.10.855.15.8
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

Linux kernel 5.10.85+, 5.15.8+, or 5.16.1+ (depending on your current major version)

  1. Identify the current kernel version using `uname -r` or `cat /proc/version`
  2. Determine which major kernel series you are running (5.10.x, 5.15.x, or 5.16.x)
  3. Upgrade the Linux kernel to a fixed version: for 5.10.x series upgrade to >= 5.10.85, for 5.15.x series upgrade to >= 5.15.8, or for 5.16.x upgrade to >= 5.16.1
  4. Reboot the system to load the new kernel
  5. Verify the new kernel version is running using `uname -r`
Caveat Kernel upgrades may require system reboot and could introduce compatibility issues with custom kernel modules or drivers

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