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CVE-2021-47096: ALSA: rawmidi - fix the uninitalized user_pversion

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47096DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47096
Published 04-03-2024Last modified 23-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-47096 is a medium (CVSS 4.0) Use of Uninitialized Resource vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 4, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
4.0/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.21%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 5
SUSE-SU-2024:1320-1SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1SUSE-SU-2024:1466-1SUSE-SU-2024:1480-1SUSE-SU-2024:1490-1

Timeline

  1. 04-03-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 23-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: rawmidi - fix the uninitalized user_pversion The user_pversion was uninitialized for the user space file structure in the open function, because the file private structure use kmalloc for the allocation. The kernel ALSA sequencer code clears the file structure, so no additional fixes are required. BugLink: https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-lib/issues/178

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

11%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.21% 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

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, no authentication, 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≥ 09d23174402da0f10e98da2c61bb5ac8e7d79fdd, < b398fcbe4de1e1100867fdb6f447c6fbc8fe7085 | ≥ 09d23174402da0f10e98da2c61bb5ac8e7d79fdd, < 39a8fc4971a00d22536aeb7d446ee4a97810611b | 12d50801497235956fb3760be8530f4e44e4ce67 | ≥ 5.14.10, < 5.15 | 5.15
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.15, < 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

6 links