Skip to content
Noroxi
NVD / CVE Program· CNA Linux

CVE-2021-47258: scsi: core: Fix error handling of scsi_host_alloc()

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: 0.23% (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: Linux Linux 2dc85045ae65b9302a1d2e2ddd7ce4c030153a6a, 45d83db4728127944b237c0c8248987df9d478e7, 66a834d092930cf41d809c0e989b13cd6f9ca006.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 2dc85045ae65b9302a1d2e2ddd7ce4c030153a6a, 45d83db4728127944b237c0c8248987df9d478e7, 66a834d092930cf41d809c0e989b13cd6f9ca006 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

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: core: Fix error handling of scsi_host_alloc() After device is initialized via device_initialize(), or its name is set via dev_set_name(), the device has to be freed via put_device(). Otherwise device name will be leaked because it is allocated dynamically in dev_set_name(). Fix the leak by replacing kfree() with put_device(). Since scsi_host_dev_release() properly handles IDA and kthread removal, remove special-casing these from the error handling as well.

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
May 21, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 14th percentile

Report tools

JSON

Action score

22

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

Get told when this record changes

  • Not in KEV: no record of exploitation in the wild
  • No public exploit code on record
  • A fix has been released

If any of these changes, we'll tell you in the daily email digest.

Follow CVE-2021-47258

When you'll hear from us

  • when it enters CISA KEV
  • when exploit code appears or is weaponized
  • when the record is updated (including a fixed version)
  • when EPSS rises 20 points in a week

One daily email digest (06:00 UTC); connect a webhook for KEV listings and weaponized exploits instantly.

Your free account also gets you

Running WordPress? Scan your site free with WP Lens

  • Stack alerts: add the products and versions you run, get the new CVEs that affect them
  • Uptime monitoring: 1 site, instant email when it goes down
  • Add your domain: subdomains and takeover risk scanned every week (1 domain)
  • 10 scans an hour on the security tools (3 a day without an account), an API key and MCP
  • All your scans in one panel: findings, what changed in the last scan, a report per domain or per client (PDF, share link)
All free tools

Sign up with email · Have an account? Sign in

Free account, no card. Unfollow any time.

Don't want an account? Get "Exploited this week" by email every MondayDon't want an account? RSS feed for linux records

Running WordPress? Scan your site free with WP Lens

Is your version affected? Check it

Noroxi analysis

What does it mean in your environment?

The assessment above is generated automatically from the record's data; it doesn't know your environment. Our team verifies on your systems whether this vulnerability is actually exploitable and which mitigation is enough.

We use this product, ask for help

Affected systems

Is your version affected?

Pick the product and type the version you run. It's compared with this record's version ranges in your browser; the version isn't sent anywhere.

VendorProduct
linuxlinux kernel

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux linux kernelbefore 4.9.273
  • linux linux kernel4.10 and later · before 4.14.237
  • linux linux kernel4.15 and later · before 4.19.195
  • linux linux kernel4.20 and later · before 5.4.126
  • linux linux kernel5.5 and later · before 5.10.44
  • linux linux kernel5.11 and later · before 5.12.11
  • linux linux kernel5.13

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 2.6.30affected
    • 1fa5ae857bb14f6046205171d98506d8112dd74e and later · before 8958181c1663e24a13434448e7d6b96b5d04900aaffected · git
    • 1fa5ae857bb14f6046205171d98506d8112dd74e and later · before db08ce595dd64ea9859f7d088b51cbfc8e685c66affected · git
    • 1fa5ae857bb14f6046205171d98506d8112dd74e and later · before 2dc85045ae65b9302a1d2e2ddd7ce4c030153a6aaffected · git
    • 1fa5ae857bb14f6046205171d98506d8112dd74e and later · before 79296e292d67fa7b5fb8d8c27343683e823872c8affected · git
    • 1fa5ae857bb14f6046205171d98506d8112dd74e and later · before 7a696ce1d5d16a33a6cd6400bbcc0339b2460e11affected · git
    • 1fa5ae857bb14f6046205171d98506d8112dd74e and later · before 45d83db4728127944b237c0c8248987df9d478e7affected · git
    • 1fa5ae857bb14f6046205171d98506d8112dd74e and later · before 66a834d092930cf41d809c0e989b13cd6f9ca006affected · git
    • before 2.6.30not affected · semver
    • 4.9.273 and later · up to and including 4.9.*not affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 5.10.46-15.10.46-1

Same product

linux: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2026-31431crypto: algif_aead - Revert to operating out-of-placeKEV
    90Now
  • CVE-2022-0847A flaw was found in the way the "flags" member of the new pipe buffer structure was lacking proper initialization in copy_page_to_iter_pipe KEV
    89Now
  • CVE-2021-22555Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACEKEV
    85Now

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2021-47256May 21, 2024 · mm/memory-failure: make sure wait for page writeback in memory_failure
    22Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2021-47257May 21, 2024 · net: ieee802154: fix null deref in parse dev addr
    22Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2021-47259May 21, 2024 · NFS: Fix use-after-free in nfs4_init_client()
    31Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux2dc85045ae65b9302a1d2e2ddd7ce4c030153a6aVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux45d83db4728127944b237c0c8248987df9d478e7Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux66a834d092930cf41d809c0e989b13cd6f9ca006Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux79296e292d67fa7b5fb8d8c27343683e823872c8Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux7a696ce1d5d16a33a6cd6400bbcc0339b2460e11Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux8958181c1663e24a13434448e7d6b96b5d04900aVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxdb08ce595dd64ea9859f7d088b51cbfc8e685c66Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux5.10.46-1 · Debian:12Package 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.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

Finders, 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.

—

Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

All national notices →

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-401 · Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

CVSS 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

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

For records you follow, these changes also arrive as notifications. →

References

Show all references (6 more)

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

All records