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CVE-2021-47368: enetc: Fix illegal access when reading affinity_hint

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-05-21 · updated 2026-08-04
• Weakness: CWE-400

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: enetc: Fix illegal access when reading affinity_hint irq_set_affinity_hit() stores a reference to the cpumask_t parameter in the irq descriptor, and that reference can be accessed later from irq_affinity_hint_proc_show(). Since the cpu_mask parameter passed to irq_set_affinity_hit() has only temporary storage (it's on the stack memory), later accesses to it are illegal. Thus reads from the corresponding procfs affinity_hint file can result in paging request oops. The issue is fixed by the get_cpu_mask() helper, which provides a permanent storage for the cpumask_t parameter.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 5.1 before 5.4.150; from 5.5 before 5.10.70; from 5.11 before 5.14.9; 5.15-rc1, 5.15-rc2 — fixed in 5.10.70, 5.14.9, 5.4.150

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.10.70, 5.14.9, 5.4.150. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c4c3052911b577920353a7646e4883d5da40c28
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c3f1b741c6c2914ea120e3a5790d3e900152f7b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f329d9da2a5ae032fcde800a99b118124ed5270
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7237a494decfa17d0b9d0076e6cee3235719de90
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c4c3052911b577920353a7646e4883d5da40c28
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c3f1b741c6c2914ea120e3a5790d3e900152f7b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f329d9da2a5ae032fcde800a99b118124ed5270
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7237a494decfa17d0b9d0076e6cee3235719de90

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