Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2021-47448)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2021-47448). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mptcp: fix possible stall on recvmsg()
recvmsg() can enter an infinite loop if the caller provides the
MSG_WAITALL, the data present in the receive queue is not sufficient to
fulfill the request, and no more data is received by the peer.
When the above happens, mptcp_wait_data() will always return with
no wait, as the MPTCP_DATA_READY flag checked by such function is
set and never cleared in such code path.
Leveraging the above syzbot was able to trigger an RCU stall:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt self-detected stall on CPU
rcu: 0-...!: (10499 ticks this GP) idle=0af/1/0x4000000000000000 softirq=10678/10678 fqs=1
(t=10500 jiffies g=13089 q=109)
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10497 jiffies! g13089 f0x0 RCU_GP_WAIT_FQS(5) ->state=0x0 ->cpu=1
rcu: Unless rcu_preempt kthread gets sufficient CPU time, OOM is now expected behavior.
rcu: RCU grace-period kthread stack dump:
task:rcu_preempt state:R running task stack:28696 pid: 14 ppid: 2 flags:0x00004000
Call Trace:
context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:4955 [inline]
__schedule+0x940/0x26f0 kernel/sched/core.c:6236
schedule+0xd3/0x270 kernel/sched/core.c:6315
schedule_timeout+0x14a/0x2a0 kernel/time/timer.c:1881
rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x186/0x810 kernel/rcu/tree.c:1955
rcu_gp_kthread+0x1de/0x320 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2128
kthread+0x405/0x4f0 kernel/kthread.c:327
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
rcu: Stack dump where R…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-47448 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2021-47448" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2021-47448 (Linux kernel) — CWE-835 / CVSS v3 7.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-835) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47448 linux Fixed in: 5.14.16-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47448 linux-hwe-edge
References
- patch git.kernel.org
- patch git.kernel.org