Is CVE-2021-47271 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-47271 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-47271?

CVE-2021-47271 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-47271?

CVE-2021-47271 has an EPSS score of 0.15% (4th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-47271?

Upgrade linux kernel to 5.12.11 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-47271

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: cdnsp: Fix deadlock issue in cdnsp_thread_irq_handler Patch fixes the following critical issue caused by deadlock which has been detected during testing NCM class: smp: csd: Detected non-responsive CSD lock (#1) on CPU#0 smp: csd: CSD lock (#1) unresponsive. .... RIP: 0010:native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x61/0x1d0 RSP: 0018:ffffbc494011cde0 EFLAGS: 00000002 RAX: 0000000000000101 RBX: ffff9ee8116b4a68 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff9ee8116b4658 RBP: ffffbc494011cde0 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: ffff9ee8116b4670 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff9ee8116b4658 R13: ffff9ee8116b4670 R14: 0000000000000246 R15: ffff9ee8116b4658 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f7bcc41a830 CR3: 000000007a612003 CR4: 00000000001706e0 Call Trace: <IRQ> do_raw_spin_lock+0xc0/0xd0 _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x95/0xa0 cdnsp_gadget_ep_queue.cold+0x88/0x107 [cdnsp_udc_pci] usb_ep_queue+0x35/0x110 eth_start_xmit+0x220/0x3d0 [u_ether] ncm_tx_timeout+0x34/0x40 [usb_f_ncm] ? ncm_free_inst+0x50/0x50 [usb_f_ncm] __hrtimer_run_queues+0xac/0x440 hrtimer_run_softirq+0x8c/0xb0 __do_softirq+0xcf/0x428 asm_call_irq_on_stack+0x12/0x20 </IRQ> do_softirq_own_stack+0x61/0x70 irq_exit_rcu+0xc1/0xd0 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x52/0xb0 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x12/0x20 RIP: 0010:do_raw_spin_trylock+0x18/0x40 RSP: 0018:ffffbc494138bda8 EFLAGS: 00000246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff9ee8116b4658 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff9ee8116b4658 RBP: ffffbc494138bda8 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: ffff9ee8116b4670 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff9ee8116b4658 R13: ffff9ee8116b4670 R14: ffff9ee7b5c73d80 R15: ffff9ee8116b4000 _raw_spin_lock+0x3d/0x70 ? cdnsp_thread_irq_handler.cold+0x32/0x112c [cdnsp_udc_pci] cdnsp_thread_irq_handler.cold+0x32/0x112c [cdnsp_udc_pci] ? cdnsp_remove_request+0x1f0/0x1f0 [cdnsp_udc_pci] ? cdnsp_thread_irq_handler+0x5/0xa0 [cdnsp_udc_pci] ? irq_thread+0xa0/0x1c0 irq_thread_fn+0x28/0x60 irq_thread+0x105/0x1c0 ? __kthread_parkme+0x42/0x90 ? irq_forced_thread_fn+0x90/0x90 ? wake_threads_waitq+0x30/0x30 ? irq_thread_check_affinity+0xe0/0xe0 kthread+0x12a/0x160 ? kthread_park+0x90/0x90 ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30 The root cause of issue is spin_lock/spin_unlock instruction instead spin_lock_irqsave/spin_lock_irqrestore in cdnsp_thread_irq_handler function.

CWE-667

How to fix

Remediation Available

linux kernelNVD

Affected:>= 5.12, < 5.12.11Fixed in:5.12.11CVE-2021-47271derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.15%probability of exploitation in 30 days

4thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 4% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

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