Vulnerability in Linux kernel
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-47635 has been found in Linux kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 7.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2021-47635" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2021-47635 (Linux kernel) — CVSS v3 7.8
Attack vector: local / 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 (unclassified) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
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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Identify exposureidentify
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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Post-deployment verificationverify
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-2021-47635 linux Fixed in: 5.17.3-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47635 linux
Original description The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ubifs: Fix to add refcount once page is set private
MM defined the rule [1] very clearly that once page was set with PG_private
flag, we should increment the refcount in that page, also main flows like
pageout(), migrate_page() will assume there is one additional page
reference count if page_has_private() returns true. Otherwise, we may
get a BUG in page migration:
page:0000000080d05b9d refcount:-1 mapcount:0 mapping:000000005f4d82a8
index:0xe2 pfn:0x14c12
aops:ubifs_file_address_operations [ubifs] ino:8f1 dentry name:"f30e"
flags: 0x1fffff80002405(locked|uptodate|owner_priv_1|private|node=0|
zone=1|lastcpupid=0x1fffff)
page dumped because: VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(page_count(page) != 0)
------------[ cut here ]------------
kernel BUG at include/linux/page_ref.h:184!
invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP
CPU: 3 PID: 38 Comm: kcompactd0 Not tainted 5.15.0-rc5
RIP: 0010:migrate_page_move_mapping+0xac3/0xe70
Call Trace:
ubifs_migrate_page+0x22/0xc0 [ubifs]
move_to_new_page+0xb4/0x600
migrate_pages+0x1523/0x1cc0
compact_zone+0x8c5/0x14b0
kcompactd+0x2bc/0x560
kthread+0x18c/0x1e0
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30
Before the time, we should make clean a concept, what does refcount means
in page gotten from grab_cache_page_write_begin(). There are 2 situations:
Situation 1: refcount is 3, page is created by __page_cache_alloc.
TYPE_A - the write process is using this page
TYPE_B - pag…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
References
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