CVE-2021-3347

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2021-01-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-416

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.10.11. PI futexes have a kernel stack use-after-free during fault handling, allowing local users to execute code in the kernel, aka CID-34b1a1ce1458.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 9.0, 10.0
Fedoraproject Fedora: 32, 33
Linux kernel: through 5.10.11

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/29/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/29/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/01/4
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=04b79c55201f02ffd675e1231d731365e335c307
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=12bb3f7f1b03d5913b3f9d4236a488aa7774dfe9
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2156ac1934166d6deb6cd0f6ffc4c1076ec63697
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=34b1a1ce1458f50ef27c54e28eb9b1947012907a
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6ccc84f917d33312eb2846bd7b567639f585ad6d
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c5cade200ab9a2a3be9e7f32a752c8d86b502ec7
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c64396cc36c6e60704ab06c1fb1c4a46179c9120
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f2dac39d93987f7de1e20b3988c8685523247ae2
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00018.html

Get alerted when CVE-2021-3347 or the next vulnerability affects your stack