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CVE-2021-47368

HIGH · CVSS 8.1 EPSS 0.94%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2024-05-21 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.1. It affects Linux.

CVE
CVE-2021-47368
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.1
EPSS
0.94%
Linux

Original NVD 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.

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