CVE-2021-47461

EUVD-2021-34466
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

userfaultfd: fix a race between writeprotect and exit_mmap()

A race is possible when a process exits, its VMAs are removed by
exit_mmap() and at the same time userfaultfd_writeprotect() is called.

The race was detected by KASAN on a development kernel, but it appears
to be possible on vanilla kernels as well.

Use mmget_not_zero() to prevent the race as done in other userfaultfd
operations.
Race Condition
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
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
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 5%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
5.7 ≤
𝑥
< 5.10.76
linuxlinux_kernel
5.11 ≤
𝑥
< 5.14.15
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
linuxlinux_kernel
5.15:rc6
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
linux
bookworm
6.1.106-3
fixed
bookworm (security)
6.1.112-1
fixed
bullseye
5.10.223-1
fixed
bullseye (security)
5.10.226-1
fixed
buster
not-affected
sid
6.11.5-1
fixed
trixie
6.11.5-1
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
linux
bionic
not-affected
focal
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
mantic
not-affected
noble
not-affected
trusty
not-affected
xenial
not-affected
linux-allwinner-5.19
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-aws
bionic
not-affected
focal
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
mantic
not-affected
noble
not-affected
trusty
not-affected
xenial
not-affected
linux-aws-5.0
bionic
ignored
focal
dne
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-aws-5.11
focal
ignored
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-aws-5.13
focal
ignored
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-aws-5.15
focal
not-affected
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-aws-5.19
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-aws-5.3
bionic
ignored
focal
dne
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-aws-5.4
bionic
not-affected
focal
dne
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-aws-5.8
focal
ignored
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-aws-6.2
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-aws-6.5
focal
dne
jammy
not-affected
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-aws-fips
focal
dne
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-aws-hwe
focal
dne
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
xenial
not-affected
linux-azure
bionic
ignored
focal
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
mantic
not-affected
noble
not-affected
trusty
not-affected
xenial
not-affected
linux-azure-4.15
bionic
not-affected
focal
dne
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-azure-5.11
focal
ignored
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-azure-5.13
focal
ignored
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-azure-5.15
focal
not-affected
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-azure-5.19
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-azure-5.3
bionic
ignored
focal
dne
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-azure-5.4
bionic
not-affected
focal
dne
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-azure-5.8
focal
ignored
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-azure-6.2
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-azure-6.5
focal
dne
jammy
not-affected
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-azure-edge
bionic
ignored
focal
dne
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-azure-fde
focal
ignored
jammy
not-affected
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-azure-fde-5.15
focal
not-affected
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-azure-fde-5.19
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-azure-fde-6.2
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-azure-fips
focal
dne
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-bluefield
focal
not-affected
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-fips
focal
dne
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-gcp
bionic
ignored
focal
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
mantic
not-affected
noble
not-affected
xenial
not-affected
linux-gcp-4.15
bionic
not-affected
focal
dne
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-gcp-5.11
focal
ignored
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-gcp-5.13
focal
ignored
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-gcp-5.15
focal
not-affected
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-gcp-5.19
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-gcp-5.3
bionic
ignored
focal
dne
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-gcp-5.4
bionic
not-affected
focal
dne
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-gcp-5.8
focal
ignored
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-gcp-6.2
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-gcp-6.5
focal
dne
jammy
not-affected
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-gcp-fips
focal
dne
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-gke
focal
ignored
jammy
not-affected
mantic
dne
noble
not-affected
linux-gke-4.15
bionic
ignored
focal
dne
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-gke-5.15
focal
ignored
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-gke-5.4
bionic
ignored
focal
dne
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-gkeop
focal
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-gkeop-5.15
focal
not-affected
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-gkeop-5.4
bionic
ignored
focal
dne
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-hwe
bionic
ignored
focal
dne
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
xenial
not-affected
linux-hwe-5.11
focal
ignored
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-hwe-5.13
focal
ignored
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-hwe-5.15
focal
not-affected
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-hwe-5.19
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-hwe-5.4
bionic
not-affected
focal
dne
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-hwe-5.8
focal
ignored
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-hwe-6.2
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-hwe-6.5
focal
dne
jammy
not-affected
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-hwe-edge
bionic
ignored
focal
dne
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
xenial
ignored
linux-ibm
focal
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
mantic
ignored
noble
not-affected
linux-ibm-5.15
focal
not-affected
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-ibm-5.4
bionic
not-affected
focal
dne
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-intel
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
not-affected
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-intel-5.13
focal
ignored
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-intel-iotg
focal
dne
jammy
not-affected
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-intel-iotg-5.15
focal
not-affected
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-iot
focal
not-affected
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-kvm
bionic
not-affected
focal
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
mantic
dne
noble
dne
xenial
not-affected
linux-laptop
focal
dne
jammy
dne
mantic
not-affected
noble
dne
linux-lowlatency
focal
dne
jammy
not-affected
mantic
not-affected
noble
not-affected
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15
focal
not-affected
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5
focal
dne
jammy
not-affected
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-lts-xenial
focal
dne
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
trusty
not-affected
linux-nvidia
focal
dne
jammy
not-affected
mantic
dne
noble
not-affected
linux-nvidia-6.2
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-nvidia-6.5
focal
dne
jammy
not-affected
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-nvidia-6.8
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
not-affected
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-nvidia-lowlatency
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
dne
noble
not-affected
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-oem
bionic
ignored
focal
dne
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-oem-5.10
focal
ignored
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-oem-5.13
focal
ignored
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-oem-5.14
focal
ignored
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-oem-5.17
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-oem-5.6
focal
ignored
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-oem-6.0
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-oem-6.1
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-oem-6.5
focal
dne
jammy
not-affected
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-oem-6.8
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
not-affected
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-oracle
bionic
not-affected
focal
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
mantic
not-affected
noble
not-affected
xenial
not-affected
linux-oracle-5.0
bionic
ignored
focal
dne
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-oracle-5.11
focal
ignored
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-oracle-5.13
focal
ignored
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-oracle-5.15
focal
not-affected
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-oracle-5.3
bionic
ignored
focal
dne
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-oracle-5.4
bionic
not-affected
focal
dne
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-oracle-5.8
focal
ignored
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-oracle-6.5
focal
dne
jammy
not-affected
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-raspi
focal
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
mantic
not-affected
noble
not-affected
linux-raspi-5.4
bionic
not-affected
focal
dne
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-raspi2
focal
ignored
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-riscv
focal
ignored
jammy
ignored
mantic
not-affected
noble
not-affected
linux-riscv-5.11
focal
ignored
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-riscv-5.15
focal
not-affected
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-riscv-5.19
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-riscv-5.8
focal
ignored
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-riscv-6.5
focal
dne
jammy
not-affected
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-starfive
focal
dne
jammy
dne
mantic
not-affected
noble
dne
linux-starfive-5.19
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-starfive-6.2
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-starfive-6.5
focal
dne
jammy
not-affected
mantic
dne
noble
dne
linux-xilinx-zynqmp
focal
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
mantic
dne
noble
dne