Vulnerability in linux-hwe-edge (UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47175)
Summary
Vulnerability in linux-hwe-edge (UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47175). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: fq_pie: fix OOB access in the traffic path the following script: # tc qdisc add dev eth0 handle 0x1 root fq_pie flows 2 # tc qdisc add dev eth0 clsact # tc filter add dev eth0 egress matchall action skbedit priority 0x10002 # ping 192.0.2.2 -I eth0 -c2 -w1 -q produces the following splat: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in fq_pie_qdisc_enqueue+0x1314/0x19d0 [sch_fq_pie] Read of size 4 at addr ffff888171306924 by task ping/942 CPU: 3 PID: 942 Comm: ping Not tainted 5.12.0+ #441 Hardware name: Red Hat KVM, BIOS 1.11.1-4.module+el8.1.0+4066+0f1aadab 04/01/2014 Call Trace: dump_stack+0x92/0xc1 print_address_description.constprop.7+0x1a/0x150 kasan_report.cold.13+0x7f/0x111 fq_pie_qdisc_enqueue+0x1314/0x19d0 [sch_fq_pie] __dev_queue_xmit+0x1034/0x2b10 ip_finish_output2+0xc62/0x2120 __ip_finish_output+0x553/0xea0 ip_output+0x1ca/0x4d0 ip_send_skb+0x37/0xa0 raw_sendmsg+0x1c4b/0x2d00 sock_sendmsg+0xdb/0x110 __sys_sendto+0x1d7/0x2b0 __x64_sys_sendto+0xdd/0x1b0 do_syscall_64+0x3c/0x80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae RIP: 0033:0x7fe69735c3eb Code: 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 48 8d 05 75 42 2c 00 41 89 ca 8b 00 85 c0 75 14 b8 2c 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 75 c3 0f 1f 40 00 41 57 4d 89 c7 41 56 41 89 RSP: 002b:00007fff06d7fb38 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002c RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000055e961413700 RCX:…
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
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A vulnerability tracked as UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47175 has been found in linux-hwe-edge.
Confidential information can be exposed externally.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "linux-hwe-edge UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47175" on the vendor's site.
UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47175 (linux-hwe-edge)
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-hwe-edge.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of linux-hwe-edge.
Severity: ?. Confidential information can be exposed externally.
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. Run grep -r 'linux-hwe-edge' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) 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
grep -r 'linux-hwe-edge' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
linux-hwe-edgeを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
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。
Affected packages
References
- report ubuntu.com
- report git.kernel.org
- report git.kernel.org
- report git.kernel.org
- report cve.org