CVE-2021-47536

CriticalCVSS 9.8

Published: 24/05/2024(UTC)Updated: 04/08/2026(UTC)Translated: 05/08/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk

0.59%

45th percentile - higher than 45% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a vulnerability in the SMC network module was found where smc_lgr_cleanup_early() incorrectly deleted the list head instead of the actual link group. This could lead to memory corruption and a kernel panic.

Risk Assessment

The vulnerability can cause system crashes (kernel panic) during SMC link failures, leading to service disruption and potential data loss. It is not directly remotely exploitable but can be triggered by network conditions.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix for CVE-2021-47536. Also monitor vendor security advisories and apply relevant patches.

Original NVD description (English source)

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