5.5

CVE-2021-47090: mm/hwpoison: clear MF_COUNT_INCREASED before retrying get_any_page()

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47090DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47090
Published 04-03-2024Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-47090 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.35%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits3reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2022:7683

Timeline

  1. 04-03-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/hwpoison: clear MF_COUNT_INCREASED before retrying get_any_page() Hulk Robot reported a panic in put_page_testzero() when testing madvise() with MADV_SOFT_OFFLINE. The BUG() is triggered when retrying get_any_page(). This is because we keep MF_COUNT_INCREASED flag in second try but the refcnt is not increased. page dumped because: VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(page_ref_count(page) == 0) ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at include/linux/mm.h:737! invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP CPU: 5 PID: 2135 Comm: sshd Tainted: G B 5.16.0-rc6-dirty #373 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.13.0-1ubuntu1.1 04/01/2014 RIP: release_pages+0x53f/0x840 Call Trace: free_pages_and_swap_cache+0x64/0x80 tlb_flush_mmu+0x6f/0x220 unmap_page_range+0xe6c/0x12c0 unmap_single_vma+0x90/0x170 unmap_vmas+0xc4/0x180 exit_mmap+0xde/0x3a0 mmput+0xa3/0x250 do_exit+0x564/0x1470 do_group_exit+0x3b/0x100 __do_sys_exit_group+0x13/0x20 __x64_sys_exit_group+0x16/0x20 do_syscall_64+0x34/0x80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae Modules linked in: ---[ end trace e99579b570fe0649 ]--- RIP: 0010:release_pages+0x53f/0x840

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.35%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

29%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.35% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

3 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (git.kernel.org)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (git.kernel.org)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (git.kernel.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu62 products
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ b94e02822debdf0cc473556aad7dcc859f216653, < 1f207076740101fed87074a6bc924dbe806f08a5 | ≥ b94e02822debdf0cc473556aad7dcc859f216653, < c691e7575eff76e563b0199c23ec46bd454f43e3 | ≥ b94e02822debdf0cc473556aad7dcc859f216653, < 2a57d83c78f889bf3f54eede908d0643c40d5418 | 5.10
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.10, < 5.10.89 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.12 | 5.16:rc1 | 5.16:rc2 | 5.16:rc3 | 5.16:rc4 | 5.16:rc5 | 5.16:rc6
Debian1 product
  • linux< 5.15.15-1

3 vendors · 65 products

References

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