What is CVE-2021-47446?

CVE-2021-47446 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2021-47446 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2021-47446?

CVE-2021-47446 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-2021-47446?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2021-47446. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2021-47446 actively exploited?

CVE-2021-47446 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2021-47446

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/a4xx: fix error handling in a4xx_gpu_init() This code returns 1 on error instead of a negative error. It leads to an Oops in the caller. A second problem is that the check for "if (ret != -ENODATA)" cannot be true because "ret" is set to 1.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-05-22

Last modified 2025-09-24

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

Weakness type

CWE-908

CVE-2021-47446 is classified as CWE-908

See CWE-908 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2021-47446 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/3962d626eb3e3b23ebb2e2a61537fa764acbfe11
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/980d74e7d03ccf2eaa11d133416946bd880c7c08
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2021-47446

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-05-22

Modified 2025-09-24

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-47446?

CVE-2021-47446 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2021-47446 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2021-47446?

CVE-2021-47446 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-2021-47446?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2021-47446. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2021-47446 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2021-47446 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.