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CVE-2021-47271: usb: cdnsp: Fix deadlock issue in cdnsp_thread_irq_handler

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: 0.14% (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 a9aecef198faae3240921b707bc09b602e966fce, ae746b6f4ce619cf4032fd798a232b010907a397.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux a9aecef198faae3240921b707bc09b602e966fce, ae746b6f4ce619cf4032fd798a232b010907a397 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: 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.

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
May 21, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 3th percentile

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22

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

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Exploitation
none
Automatable
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Technical impact
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  • linux linux kernel5.12 and later · before 5.12.11
  • linux linux kernel5.13

Versions reported by the vendor

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  • Linux Linux

    • 5.12affected
    • 3d82904559f4f5a2622db1b21de3edf2eded7664 and later · before ae746b6f4ce619cf4032fd798a232b010907a397affected · git
    • 3d82904559f4f5a2622db1b21de3edf2eded7664 and later · before a9aecef198faae3240921b707bc09b602e966fceaffected · git
    • before 5.12not affected · semver
    • 5.12.11 and later · up to and including 5.12.*not affected · semver
    • 5.13 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2021-47269May 21, 2024 · usb: dwc3: ep0: fix NULL pointer exception
    22Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2021-47270May 21, 2024 · usb: fix various gadgets null ptr deref on 10gbps cabling.
    22Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2021-47272May 21, 2024 · usb: dwc3: gadget: Bail from dwc3_gadget_exit() if dwc->gadget is NULL
    22Monitor

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Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linuxa9aecef198faae3240921b707bc09b602e966fceVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxae746b6f4ce619cf4032fd798a232b010907a397Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Chain candidates

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

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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-667 · Improper Locking

CVSS vector

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

nvd-secondary

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