What is CVE-2021-47609?

CVE-2021-47609 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 4.8 onward and patched in 4.9.294, 4.14.259, 4.19.222 and others. CVE-2021-47609 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2021-47609?

CVE-2021-47609 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2021-47609?

Yes, CVE-2021-47609 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.9.294, 4.14.259, 4.19.222 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.8 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2021-47609 actively exploited?

CVE-2021-47609 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2021-47609

High

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: arm_scpi: Fix string overflow in SCPI genpd driver Without the bound checks for scpi_pd->name, it could result in the buffer overflow when copying the SCPI device name from the corresponding device tree node as the name string is set at maximum size of 30. Let us fix it by using devm_kasprintf so that the string buffer is allocated dynamically.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-06-19

Last modified 2024-11-21

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

7.8

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-120

CVE-2021-47609 is classified as CWE-120

See CWE-120 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 4.8 and later are affected. Fixed in 4.9.294, 4.14.259, 4.19.222, 5.4.168, 5.10.88, 5.15.11, 5.16 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 4.8

Fixed in

✓ 4.9.294 4.9.x ✓ 4.14.259 4.14.x ✓ 4.19.222 4.19.x ✓ 5.4.168 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.88 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.11 5.15.x ✓ 5.16

References

7 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4694b1ec425a2d20d6f8ca3db594829fdf5f2672

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/639901b9429a3195e0fead981ed74b51f5f31538

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e8645ca2c0046f7cd2f0f7d569fc036c8abaedb

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/802a1a8501563714a5fe8824f4ed27fec04a0719

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/865ed67ab955428b9aa771d8b4f1e4fb7fd08945

Patch

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2021-47609

Severity High

CVSS score 7.8 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-06-19

Modified 2024-11-21

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-47609?

CVE-2021-47609 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.8 onward and has been patched in 4.9.294, 4.14.259, 4.19.222 and others. CVE-2021-47609 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2021-47609?

CVE-2021-47609 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2021-47609?

Yes. CVE-2021-47609 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.9.294, 4.14.259, 4.19.222 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.8 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2021-47609 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2021-47609 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.