CVE-2021-47076

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/rxe: Return CQE error if invalid lkey was supplied RXE is missing update of WQE status in LOCAL_WRITE failures. This caused the following kernel panic if someone sent an atomic operation with an explicitly wrong lkey. [leonro@vm ~]$ mkt test test_atomic_invalid_lkey (tests.test_atomic.AtomicTest) ... WARNING: CPU: 5 PID: 263 at drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_comp.c:740 rxe_completer+0x1a6d/0x2e30 [rdma_rxe] Modules linked in: crc32_generic rdma_rxe ip6_udp_tunnel udp_tunnel rdma_ucm rdma_cm ib_umad ib_ipoib iw_cm ib_cm mlx5_ib ib_uverbs ib_core mlx5_core ptp pps_core CPU: 5 PID: 263 Comm: python3 Not tainted 5.13.0-rc1+ #2936 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:rxe_completer+0x1a6d/0x2e30 [rdma_rxe] Code: 03 0f 8e 65 0e 00 00 3b 93 10 06 00 00 0f 84 82 0a 00 00 4c 89 ff 4c 89 44 24 38 e8 2d 74 a9 e1 4c 8b 44 24 38 e9 1c f5 ff ff <0f> 0b e9 0c e8 ff ff b8 05 00 00 00 41 bf 05 00 00 00 e9 ab e7 ff RSP: 0018:ffff8880158af090 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888016a78000 RCX: ffffffffa0cf1652 RDX: 1ffff9200004b442 RSI: 0000000000000004 RDI: ffffc9000025a210 RBP: dffffc0000000000 R08: 00000000ffffffea R09: ffff88801617740b R10: ffffed1002c2ee81 R11: 0000000000000007 R12: ffff88800f3b63e8 R13: ffff888016a78008 R14: ffffc9000025a180 R15: 000000000000000c FS: 00007f88b622a740(0000) GS:ffff88806d540000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f88b5a1fa10 CR3: 000000000d848004 CR4: 0000000000370ea0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: rxe_do_task+0x130/0x230 [rdma_rxe] rxe_rcv+0xb11/0x1df0 [rdma_rxe] rxe_loopback+0x157/0x1e0 [rdma_rxe] rxe_responder+0x5532/0x7620 [rdma_rxe] rxe_do_task+0x130/0x230 [rdma_rxe] rxe_rcv+0x9c8/0x1df0 [rdma_rxe] rxe_loopback+0x157/0x1e0 [rdma_rxe] rxe_requester+0x1efd/0x58c0 [rdma_rxe] rxe_do_task+0x130/0x230 [rdma_rxe] rxe_post_send+0x998/0x1860 [rdma_rxe] ib_uverbs_post_send+0xd5f/0x1220 [ib_uverbs] ib_uverbs_write+0x847/0xc80 [ib_uverbs] vfs_write+0x1c5/0x840 ksys_write+0x176/0x1d0 do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

Package Linux Kernel
Published 2024-03-01
Last modified 2025-11-03
CVSS version 3.1
Patch available
Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10
Medium
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2021-47076 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Frequently asked questions

  • What is CVE-2021-47076?

    CVE-2021-47076 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2021-47076 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

  • What is the CVSS score for CVE-2021-47076?

    CVE-2021-47076 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H .

  • Is there a patch available for CVE-2021-47076?

    No patch is currently available for CVE-2021-47076. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

  • Is CVE-2021-47076 actively exploited?

    No — CVE-2021-47076 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.