CVE-2021-47461

Aliases:UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47461DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47461
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 11
Modified
Published: 22 May 2024, 06:23
Last modified:05 Aug 2026, 08:47

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.17% LOW
0% probability +0.15%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

22 May 2024, 06:23
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2026, 08:47
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: userfaultfd: fix a race between writeprotect and exit_mmap() A race is possible when a process exits, its VMAs are removed by exit_mmap() and at the same time userfaultfd_writeprotect() is called. The race was detected by KASAN on a development kernel, but it appears to be possible on vanilla kernels as well. Use mmget_not_zero() to prevent the race as done in other userfaultfd operations.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 4.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.17%• Percentile: 7%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-362•Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

    The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.

Affected Systems

  • debian•linux

    < 5.10.84-1 | < 5.14.16-1 | < 5.14.16-1 | < 5.14.16-1

  • ubuntu•linux-allwinner-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.0

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.13

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.3

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.8

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-6.2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.13

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.3

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.8

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-6.2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-edge

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.13

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.3

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.8

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gke

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gke-4.15

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gke-5.15

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gke-5.4

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gkeop-5.4

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-hwe

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-hwe-5.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-hwe-5.13

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-hwe-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-hwe-5.8

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-hwe-6.2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-hwe-edge

    all | all

  • ubuntu•linux-intel-5.13

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-nvidia-6.2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-oem

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-oem-5.10

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-oem-5.13

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-oem-5.14

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-oem-5.17

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-oem-5.6

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-oem-6.0

    all

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References (7)