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DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47136

MediumCVSS 5.5 / 10
Published Mar 25, 2024·Last modified Jun 15, 2026
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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: zero-initialize tc skb extension on allocation Function skb_ext_add() doesn't initialize created skb extension with any value and leaves it up to the user. However, since extension of type TC_SKB_EXT originally contained only single value tc_skb_ext->chain its users used to just assign the chain value without setting whole extension memory to zero first. This assumption changed when TC_SKB_EXT extension was extended with additional fields but not all users were updated to initialize the new fields which leads to use of uninitialized memory afterwards. UBSAN log: [ 778.299821] UBSAN: invalid-load in net/openvswitch/flow.c:899:28 [ 778.301495] load of value 107 is not a valid value for type '_Bool' [ 778.303215] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 5.12.0-rc7+ #2 [ 778.304933] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [ 778.307901] Call Trace: [ 778.308680] <IRQ> [ 778.309358] dump_stack+0xbb/0x107 [ 778.310307] ubsan_epilogue+0x5/0x40 [ 778.311167] __ubsan_handle_load_invalid_value.cold+0x43/0x48 [ 778.312454] ? memset+0x20/0x40 [ 778.313230] ovs_flow_key_extract.cold+0xf/0x14 [openvswitch] [ 778.314532] ovs_vport_receive+0x19e/0x2e0 [openvswitch] [ 778.315749] ? ovs_vport_find_upcall_portid+0x330/0x330 [openvswitch] [ 778.317188] ? create_prof_cpu_mask+0x20/0x20 [ 778.318220] ? arch_stack_walk+0x82/0xf0 [ 778.319153] ? secondary_startup_64_no_verify+0xb0/0xbb [ 778.320399] ? stack_trace_save+0x91/0xc0 [ 778.321362] ? stack_trace_consume_entry+0x160/0x160 [ 778.322517] ? lock_release+0x52e/0x760 [ 778.323444] netdev_frame_hook+0x323/0x610 [openvswitch] [ 778.324668] ? ovs_netdev_get_vport+0xe0/0xe0 [openvswitch] [ 778.325950] __netif_receive_skb_core+0x771/0x2db0 [ 778.327067] ? lock_downgrade+0x6e0/0x6f0 [ 778.328021] ? lock_acquire+0x565/0x720 [ 778.328940] ? generic_xdp_tx+0x4f0/0x4f0 [ 778.329902] ? inet_gro_receive+0x2a7/0x10a0 [ 778.330914] ? lock_downgrade+0x6f0/0x6f0 [ 778.331867] ? udp4_gro_receive+0x4c4/0x13e0 [ 778.332876] ? lock_release+0x52e/0x760 [ 778.333808] ? dev_gro_receive+0xcc8/0x2380 [ 778.334810] ? lock_downgrade+0x6f0/0x6f0 [ 778.335769] __netif_receive_skb_list_core+0x295/0x820 [ 778.336955] ? process_backlog+0x780/0x780 [ 778.337941] ? mlx5e_rep_tc_netdevice_event_unregister+0x20/0x20 [mlx5_core] [ 778.339613] ? seqcount_lockdep_reader_access.constprop.0+0xa7/0xc0 [ 778.341033] ? kvm_clock_get_cycles+0x14/0x20 [ 778.342072] netif_receive_skb_list_internal+0x5f5/0xcb0 [ 778.343288] ? __kasan_kmalloc+0x7a/0x90 [ 778.344234] ? mlx5e_handle_rx_cqe_mpwrq+0x9e0/0x9e0 [mlx5_core] [ 778.345676] ? mlx5e_xmit_xdp_frame_mpwqe+0x14d0/0x14d0 [mlx5_core] [ 778.347140] ? __netif_receive_skb_list_core+0x820/0x820 [ 778.348351] ? mlx5e_post_rx_mpwqes+0xa6/0x25d0 [mlx5_core] [ 778.349688] ? napi_gro_flush+0x26c/0x3c0 [ 778.350641] napi_complete_done+0x188/0x6b0 [ 778.351627] mlx5e_napi_poll+0x373/0x1b80 [mlx5_core] [ 778.352853] __napi_poll+0x9f/0x510 [ 778.353704] ? mlx5_flow_namespace_set_mode+0x260/0x260 [mlx5_core] [ 778.355158] net_rx_action+0x34c/0xa40 [ 778.356060] ? napi_threaded_poll+0x3d0/0x3d0 [ 778.357083] ? sched_clock_cpu+0x18/0x190 [ 778.358041] ? __common_interrupt+0x8e/0x1a0 [ 778.359045] __do_softirq+0x1ce/0x984 [ 778.359938] __irq_exit_rcu+0x137/0x1d0 [ 778.360865] irq_exit_rcu+0xa/0x20 [ 778.361708] common_interrupt+0x80/0xa0 [ 778.362640] </IRQ> [ 778.363212] asm_common_interrupt+0x1e/0x40 [ 778.364204] RIP: 0010:native_safe_halt+0xe/0x10 [ 778.365273] Code: 4f ff ff ff 4c 89 e7 e8 50 3f 40 fe e9 dc fe ff ff 48 89 df e8 43 3f 40 fe eb 90 cc e9 07 00 00 00 0f 00 2d 74 05 62 00 fb f4 <c3> 90 e9 07 00 00 00 0f 00 2d 64 05 62 00 f4 c3 cc cc 0f 1f 44 00 [ 778.369355] RSP: 0018:ffffffff84407e48 EFLAGS: 00000246 [ 778.370570] RAX ---truncated---

Risk Scores
Base Score
5.5

The vulnerability requires local access to the device to be exploited. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker needs basic access or low-level privileges. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the availability of the system.

Threat Intelligence
5.1

Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.

EPSS
N/A

Probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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