CVE-2021-33630: NULL-ptr-deref in network sched
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.34% (FIRST EPSS).
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: openEuler kernel 4.19.90-2401.3, b2239f607df25fc401179e6dd4b7406f942a7632 net/sched: cbs: Fix not adding cbs instance to list.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to openEuler kernel 4.19.90-2401.3, b2239f607df25fc401179e6dd4b7406f942a7632 net/sched: cbs: Fix not adding cbs instance to list or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in openEuler kernel on Linux (network modules) allows Pointer Manipulation. This vulnerability is associated with program files net/sched/sch_cbs.C. This issue affects openEuler kernel: from 4.19.90 before 4.19.90-2401.3.
- Published
- Jan 18, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.3% · 27th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-476
Report tools
Action score
22
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.3%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 5.5
- CNA · openEuler
- 5.5
- agree
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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- Not in KEV: no record of exploitation in the wild
- No public exploit code on record
- A fix has been released
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What does it mean in your environment?
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| openatom | openeuler | cpe:2.3:o:openatom:openeuler |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- openatom openeuler4.19.90 and later · before 4.19.90-2401.3
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (openEuler). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
openEuler kernel
- 4.19.90 and later · before 4.19.90-2401.3affected · gitfixed in b2239f607df25fc401179e6dd4b7406f942a7632 net/sched: cbs: Fix not adding cbs instance to list
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:10 | linux | before 4.19.316-1 | 4.19.316-1 |
| Debian:12 | linux | before 5.3.7-1 | 5.3.7-1 |
Same product
openatom: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2021-33640After tar_close(), libtar.c releases the memory pointed to by pointer t.39Monitor
- CVE-2021-33631Kernel crash in EXT4 filesystem31Monitor
- CVE-2021-33656When setting font with malicous data by ioctl cmd PIO_FONT,kernel will write memory out of bounds.27Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| openEuler kernel | 4.19.90-2401.3 | Vendor (CNA) |
| openEuler kernel | b2239f607df25fc401179e6dd4b7406f942a7632 net/sched: cbs: Fix not adding cbs instance to list | Vendor (CNA) |
| debian:linux | 5.3.7-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer DereferenceCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/31/2
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/31/3
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/02/6
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/02/9
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/03/1
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/30/10
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/30/3
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/30/4
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/30/5
- git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3e8b9bfa110896f95d602d8c98d5f9d67e41d78c
- gitee.com/src-openeuler/kernel/pulls/1389
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html
- www.openeuler.org/zh/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2024-1030
- www.openeuler.org/zh/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2024-1031
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.