CVE-2021-47435

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

dm: fix mempool NULL pointer race when completing IO

dm_io_dec_pending() calls end_io_acct() first and will then dec md
in-flight pending count. But if a task is swapping DM table at same
time this can result in a crash due to mempool->elements being NULL:

task1                             task2
do_resume
 ->do_suspend
  ->dm_wait_for_completion
                                  bio_endio
				   ->clone_endio
				    ->dm_io_dec_pending
				     ->end_io_acct
				      ->wakeup task1
 ->dm_swap_table
  ->__bind
   ->__bind_mempools
    ->bioset_exit
     ->mempool_exit
                                     ->free_io

[ 67.330330] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at
virtual address 0000000000000000
......
[ 67.330494] pstate: 80400085 (Nzcv daIf +PAN -UAO)
[ 67.330510] pc : mempool_free+0x70/0xa0
[ 67.330515] lr : mempool_free+0x4c/0xa0
[ 67.330520] sp : ffffff8008013b20
[ 67.330524] x29: ffffff8008013b20 x28: 0000000000000004
[ 67.330530] x27: ffffffa8c2ff40a0 x26: 00000000ffff1cc8
[ 67.330535] x25: 0000000000000000 x24: ffffffdada34c800
[ 67.330541] x23: 0000000000000000 x22: ffffffdada34c800
[ 67.330547] x21: 00000000ffff1cc8 x20: ffffffd9a1304d80
[ 67.330552] x19: ffffffdada34c970 x18: 000000b312625d9c
[ 67.330558] x17: 00000000002dcfbf x16: 00000000000006dd
[ 67.330563] x15: 000000000093b41e x14: 0000000000000010
[ 67.330569] x13: 0000000000007f7a x12: 0000000034155555
[ 67.330574] x11: 0000000000000001 x10: 0000000000000001
[ 67.330579] x9 : 0000000000000000 x8 : 0000000000000000
[ 67.330585] x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : ffffff80148b5c1a
[ 67.330590] x5 : ffffff8008013ae0 x4 : 0000000000000001
[ 67.330596] x3 : ffffff80080139c8 x2 : ffffff801083bab8
[ 67.330601] x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : ffffffdada34c970
[ 67.330609] Call trace:
[ 67.330616] mempool_free+0x70/0xa0
[ 67.330627] bio_put+0xf8/0x110
[ 67.330638] dec_pending+0x13c/0x230
[ 67.330644] clone_endio+0x90/0x180
[ 67.330649] bio_endio+0x198/0x1b8
[ 67.330655] dec_pending+0x190/0x230
[ 67.330660] clone_endio+0x90/0x180
[ 67.330665] bio_endio+0x198/0x1b8
[ 67.330673] blk_update_request+0x214/0x428
[ 67.330683] scsi_end_request+0x2c/0x300
[ 67.330688] scsi_io_completion+0xa0/0x710
[ 67.330695] scsi_finish_command+0xd8/0x110
[ 67.330700] scsi_softirq_done+0x114/0x148
[ 67.330708] blk_done_softirq+0x74/0xd0
[ 67.330716] __do_softirq+0x18c/0x374
[ 67.330724] irq_exit+0xb4/0xb8
[ 67.330732] __handle_domain_irq+0x84/0xc0
[ 67.330737] gic_handle_irq+0x148/0x1b0
[ 67.330744] el1_irq+0xe8/0x190
[ 67.330753] lpm_cpuidle_enter+0x4f8/0x538
[ 67.330759] cpuidle_enter_state+0x1fc/0x398
[ 67.330764] cpuidle_enter+0x18/0x20
[ 67.330772] do_idle+0x1b4/0x290
[ 67.330778] cpu_startup_entry+0x20/0x28
[ 67.330786] secondary_start_kernel+0x160/0x170

Fix this by:
1) Establishing pointers to 'struct dm_io' members in
dm_io_dec_pending() so that they may be passed into end_io_acct()
_after_ free_io() is called.
2) Moving end_io_acct() after free_io().
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
4.7 MEDIUM
LOCAL
HIGH
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
LinuxCNA
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CISA-ADPADP
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 14%
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
𝑥
< 4.9.313
linuxlinux_kernel
4.10 ≤
𝑥
< 4.14.278
linuxlinux_kernel
4.15 ≤
𝑥
< 4.19.242
linuxlinux_kernel
4.20 ≤
𝑥
< 5.4.193
linuxlinux_kernel
5.5 ≤
𝑥
< 5.10.113
linuxlinux_kernel
5.11 ≤
𝑥
< 5.14.14
linuxlinux_kernel
5.15:rc1
linuxlinux_kernel
5.15:rc2
linuxlinux_kernel
5.15:rc3
linuxlinux_kernel
5.15:rc4
linuxlinux_kernel
5.15:rc5
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
linux
bullseye
5.10.223-1
fixed
bullseye (security)
5.10.226-1
fixed
bookworm
6.1.106-3
fixed
bookworm (security)
6.1.112-1
fixed
trixie
6.11.5-1
fixed
sid
6.11.6-1
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
linux
noble
not-affected
mantic
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
focal
Fixed 5.4.0-124.140
released
bionic
pending
xenial
ignored
trusty
ignored
linux-allwinner-5.19
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
ignored
focal
dne
linux-aws
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not-affected
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not-affected
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focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1083.90
released
bionic
pending
xenial
ignored
trusty
ignored
linux-aws-5.0
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
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focal
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bionic
ignored
linux-aws-5.11
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linux-aws-5.19
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linux-aws-5.3
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Fixed 4.15.0-1139.150~16.04.1
released
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focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1089.94
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released
linux-azure-4.15
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dne
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linux-azure-5.3
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focal
dne
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noble
not-affected
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released
bionic
ignored
xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1134.150~16.04.2
released
linux-gcp-4.15
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
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linux-gcp-5.19
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linux-gcp-5.3
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linux-gcp-5.4
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linux-gcp-5.8
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linux-gcp-6.2
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linux-gcp-fips
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linux-gke
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ignored
linux-gke-4.15
noble
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noble
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dne
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
ignored
linux-gkeop
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
not-affected
focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1051.54
released
linux-gkeop-5.15
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
not-affected
linux-gkeop-5.4
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
ignored
linux-hwe
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
ignored
xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-191.202~16.04.1
released
linux-hwe-5.11
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
ignored
linux-hwe-5.13
noble
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jammy
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linux-hwe-5.15
noble
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linux-hwe-5.19
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mantic
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jammy
ignored
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linux-hwe-5.4
noble
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mantic
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linux-hwe-5.8
noble
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ignored
linux-hwe-6.2
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
ignored
focal
dne
linux-hwe-6.5
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
not-affected
focal
dne
linux-hwe-6.8
noble
dne
jammy
not-affected
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-hwe-edge
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
ignored
xenial
ignored
linux-ibm
noble
not-affected
mantic
ignored
jammy
not-affected
focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1031.35
released
linux-ibm-5.15
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
not-affected
linux-ibm-5.4
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
pending
linux-intel
noble
not-affected
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-intel-5.13
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
ignored
linux-intel-iot-realtime
noble
dne
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-intel-iotg
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
not-affected
focal
dne
linux-intel-iotg-5.15
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
not-affected
linux-iot
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1004.6
released
linux-kvm
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
not-affected
focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1073.78
released
bionic
pending
xenial
ignored
linux-laptop
noble
dne
mantic
not-affected
jammy
dne
focal
dne
linux-lowlatency
noble
not-affected
mantic
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
focal
dne
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
not-affected
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
ignored
focal
dne
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2
noble
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mantic
dne
jammy
ignored
focal
dne
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
not-affected
focal
dne
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8
noble
dne
jammy
not-affected
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-lts-xenial
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
dne
trusty
ignored
linux-nvidia
noble
not-affected
mantic
dne
jammy
not-affected
focal
dne
linux-nvidia-6.2
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
ignored
focal
dne
linux-nvidia-6.5
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
not-affected
focal
dne
linux-nvidia-6.8
noble
dne
jammy
not-affected
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-nvidia-lowlatency
noble
not-affected
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-oem
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
ignored
linux-oem-5.10
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
ignored
linux-oem-5.13
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
ignored
linux-oem-5.14
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
ignored
linux-oem-5.17
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
ignored
focal
dne
linux-oem-5.6
noble
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mantic
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jammy
dne
focal
ignored
linux-oem-6.0
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
ignored
focal
dne
linux-oem-6.1
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
ignored
focal
dne
linux-oem-6.5
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
not-affected
focal
dne
linux-oem-6.8
noble
not-affected
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-oracle
noble
not-affected
mantic
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
focal
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released
bionic
pending
xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1104.115~16.04.1
released
linux-oracle-5.0
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
ignored
linux-oracle-5.11
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mantic
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jammy
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focal
ignored
linux-oracle-5.13
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mantic
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jammy
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focal
ignored
linux-oracle-5.15
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mantic
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jammy
dne
focal
not-affected
linux-oracle-5.3
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
ignored
linux-oracle-5.4
noble
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mantic
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jammy
dne
focal
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bionic
pending
linux-oracle-5.8
noble
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mantic
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focal
ignored
linux-oracle-6.5
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mantic
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jammy
not-affected
focal
dne
linux-raspi
noble
not-affected
mantic
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
focal
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released
linux-raspi-5.4
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
pending
linux-raspi-realtime
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dne
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
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linux-raspi2
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
ignored
linux-realtime
noble
dne
jammy
ignored
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-riscv
noble
not-affected
mantic
not-affected
jammy
ignored
focal
ignored
linux-riscv-5.11
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
ignored
linux-riscv-5.15
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
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focal
not-affected
linux-riscv-5.19
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mantic
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jammy
ignored
focal
dne
linux-riscv-5.8
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mantic
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jammy
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focal
ignored
linux-riscv-6.5
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mantic
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jammy
not-affected
focal
dne
linux-riscv-6.8
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dne
jammy
not-affected
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
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linux-starfive
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mantic
not-affected
jammy
dne
focal
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linux-starfive-5.19
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mantic
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jammy
ignored
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linux-starfive-6.2
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linux-starfive-6.5
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not-affected
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not-affected