CVE-2021-47368

enetc: Fix illegal access when reading affinity_hint

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: May 21, 2024 at 03:03 PM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 09:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: enetc: Fix illegal access when reading affinity_hint irq_set_affinity_hit() stores a reference to the cpumask_t parameter in the irq descriptor, and that reference can be accessed later from irq_affinity_hint_proc_show(). Since the cpu_mask parameter passed to irq_set_affinity_hit() has only temporary storage (it's on the stack memory), later accesses to it are illegal. Thus reads from the corresponding procfs affinity_hint file can result in paging request oops. The issue is fixed by the get_cpu_mask() helper, which provides a permanent storage for the cpumask_t parameter.

Affected

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

5.1 ≤ v < 5.10.705.1 ≤ v < 5.14.95.1 ≤ v < 5.155.1 ≤ v < 5.4.1505.11 ≤ v < 5.14.95.5 ≤ v < 5.10.705.15 rc15.15 rc2d4fd0404c1c9d4fd0404c1c95b17880f254ebfee3485693fa8ba
Vendor states this is fixed in 4c4c3052911b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4c4c3052911b577920353a7646e4883d5da40c28 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6c3f1b741c6c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6c3f1b741c6c2914ea120e3a5790d3e900152f7b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6f329d9da2a5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6f329d9da2a5ae032fcde800a99b118124ed5270 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7237a494decf (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7237a494decfa17d0b9d0076e6cee3235719de90 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.70 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.14.9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.150 (unaffected)

References (4)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c4c3052911b577920353a7646e4883d5da40c28
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c3f1b741c6c2914ea120e3a5790d3e900152f7b
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f329d9da2a5ae032fcde800a99b118124ed5270
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7237a494decfa17d0b9d0076e6cee3235719de90

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

7.1HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400

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