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CVE-2021-47536: net/smc: fix wrong list_del in smc_lgr_cleanup_early

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 31/100)

  • 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: 0.59% (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 77731fede297a23d26f2d169b4269466b2c82529, 789b6cc2a5f9123b9c549b886fdc47c865cfe0ba, 95518fe354d712dca6f431cf2a11b8f63bc9a66c.
  • Severity is disputed: the assigning authority (CNA) scores it 9.8, NVD 7.8.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 77731fede297a23d26f2d169b4269466b2c82529, 789b6cc2a5f9123b9c549b886fdc47c865cfe0ba, 95518fe354d712dca6f431cf2a11b8f63bc9a66c 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: net/smc: fix wrong list_del in smc_lgr_cleanup_early smc_lgr_cleanup_early() meant to delete the link group from the link group list, but it deleted the list head by mistake. This may cause memory corruption since we didn't remove the real link group from the list and later memseted the link group structure. We got a list corruption panic when testing: [  231.277259] list_del corruption. prev->next should be ffff8881398a8000, but was 0000000000000000 [  231.278222] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [  231.278726] kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:53! [  231.279326] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI [  231.279803] CPU: 0 PID: 5 Comm: kworker/0:0 Not tainted 5.10.46+ #435 [  231.280466] Hardware name: Alibaba Cloud ECS, BIOS 8c24b4c 04/01/2014 [  231.281248] Workqueue: events smc_link_down_work [  231.281732] RIP: 0010:__list_del_entry_valid+0x70/0x90 [  231.282258] Code: 4c 60 82 e8 7d cc 6a 00 0f 0b 48 89 fe 48 c7 c7 88 4c 60 82 e8 6c cc 6a 00 0f 0b 48 89 fe 48 c7 c7 c0 4c 60 82 e8 5b cc 6a 00 <0f> 0b 48 89 fe 48 c7 c7 00 4d 60 82 e8 4a cc 6a 00 0f 0b cc cc cc [  231.284146] RSP: 0018:ffffc90000033d58 EFLAGS: 00010292 [  231.284685] RAX: 0000000000000054 RBX: ffff8881398a8000 RCX: 0000000000000000 [  231.285415] RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffff88813bc18040 RDI: ffff88813bc18040 [  231.286141] RBP: ffffffff8305ad40 R08: 0000000000000003 R09: 0000000000000001 [  231.286873] R10: ffffffff82803da0 R11: ffffc90000033b90 R12: 0000000000000001 [  231.287606] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff8881398a8000 R15: 0000000000000003 [  231.288337] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88813bc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [  231.289160] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [  231.289754] CR2: 0000000000e72058 CR3: 000000010fa96006 CR4: 00000000003706f0 [  231.290485] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [  231.291211] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [  231.291940] Call Trace: [  231.292211]  smc_lgr_terminate_sched+0x53/0xa0 [  231.292677]  smc_switch_conns+0x75/0x6b0 [  231.293085]  ? update_load_avg+0x1a6/0x590 [  231.293517]  ? ttwu_do_wakeup+0x17/0x150 [  231.293907]  ? update_load_avg+0x1a6/0x590 [  231.294317]  ? newidle_balance+0xca/0x3d0 [  231.294716]  smcr_link_down+0x50/0x1a0 [  231.295090]  ? __wake_up_common_lock+0x77/0x90 [  231.295534]  smc_link_down_work+0x46/0x60 [  231.295933]  process_one_work+0x18b/0x350

HighCVSS 7.8 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
May 24, 2024
Updated
Aug 5, 2026
EPSS
0.5% · 48th percentile

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Action score

31

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.5%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
7.8
CNA · Linux
9.8
2.0 point gap

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

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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Affected versions

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

  • linux linux kernel5.5 and later · before 5.10.84
  • linux linux kernel5.11 and later · before 5.15.7
  • linux linux kernel5.16

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

    • 5.5affected
    • a0a62ee15a829ebf8aeec55a4f1688230439b3e0 and later · before 77731fede297a23d26f2d169b4269466b2c82529affected · git
    • a0a62ee15a829ebf8aeec55a4f1688230439b3e0 and later · before 95518fe354d712dca6f431cf2a11b8f63bc9a66caffected · git
    • a0a62ee15a829ebf8aeec55a4f1688230439b3e0 and later · before 789b6cc2a5f9123b9c549b886fdc47c865cfe0baaffected · git
    • before 5.5not affected · semver
    • 5.10.84 and later · up to and including 5.10.*not affected · semver
    • 5.15.7 and later · up to and including 5.15.*not affected · semver
    • 5.16 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix

Package-level exposure

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

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 5.15.15-15.15.15-1

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2021-47534May 24, 2024 · drm/vc4: kms: Add missing drm_crtc_commit_put
    16Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2021-47535May 24, 2024 · drm/msm/a6xx: Allocate enough space for GMU registers
    31Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2021-47537May 24, 2024 · octeontx2-af: Fix a memleak bug in rvu_mbox_init()
    22Monitor

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 Linux77731fede297a23d26f2d169b4269466b2c82529Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux789b6cc2a5f9123b9c549b886fdc47c865cfe0baVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux95518fe354d712dca6f431cf2a11b8f63bc9a66cVendor (CNA)
debian:linux5.15.15-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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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

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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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.

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National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

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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
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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