What is CVE-2021-47265?

CVE-2021-47265 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2021-47265 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2021-47265?

CVE-2021-47265 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. 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-2021-47265?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2021-47265. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2021-47265 actively exploited?

CVE-2021-47265 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2021-47265

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA: Verify port when creating flow rule Validate port value provided by the user and with that remove no longer needed validation by the driver. The missing check in the mlx5_ib driver could cause to the below oops. Call trace: _create_flow_rule+0x2d4/0xf28 [mlx5_ib] mlx5_ib_create_flow+0x2d0/0x5b0 [mlx5_ib] ib_uverbs_ex_create_flow+0x4cc/0x624 [ib_uverbs] ib_uverbs_handler_UVERBS_METHOD_INVOKE_WRITE+0xd4/0x150 [ib_uverbs] ib_uverbs_cmd_verbs.isra.7+0xb28/0xc50 [ib_uverbs] ib_uverbs_ioctl+0x158/0x1d0 [ib_uverbs] do_vfs_ioctl+0xd0/0xaf0 ksys_ioctl+0x84/0xb4 __arm64_sys_ioctl+0x28/0xc4 el0_svc_common.constprop.3+0xa4/0x254 el0_svc_handler+0x84/0xa0 el0_svc+0x10/0x26c Code: b9401260 f9615681 51000400 8b001c20 (f9403c1a)

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-05-21

Last modified 2025-04-30

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-2021-47265 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2adcb4c5a52a2623cd2b43efa7041e74d19f3a5e
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8dc1b0e0ca204596c50bcd159ee069ae0f998176
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2021-47265

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-05-21

Modified 2025-04-30

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-47265?

CVE-2021-47265 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2021-47265 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2021-47265?

CVE-2021-47265 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-2021-47265?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2021-47265. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2021-47265 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2021-47265 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.