Vulnerability · Published Apr 10, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2021-47216scsi: advansys: Fix kernel pointer leak

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 13% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 86.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: advansys: Fix kernel pointer leak Pointers should be printed with %p or %px rather than cast to 'unsigned long' and printed with %lx. Change %lx to %p to print the hashed pointer.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux5.15.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47216
Debian:13linux5.15.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47216
Debian:14linux5.15.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47216
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47216
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47216
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47216
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47216
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47216
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47216
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47216
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47216
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47216
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47216
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47216
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47216
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47216
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47216
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47216
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47216
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47216
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47216
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47216
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47216
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47216
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47216
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47216
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47216

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 31491e1ac425edc6b80a670a71ac8d2dfdd78417 – before 06d7d12efb5c62db9dea15141ae2b322c271951531491e1ac425edc6b80a670a71ac8d2dfdd78417 – before ad19f7046c24f95c674fbea21870479b2b9f5bab31491e1ac425edc6b80a670a71ac8d2dfdd78417 – before 5612287991debe310c914600599bd59511ababfb31491e1ac425edc6b80a670a71ac8d2dfdd78417 – before f5a0ba4a9b5e70e7b2f767636d26523f9d1ac59d31491e1ac425edc6b80a670a71ac8d2dfdd78417 – before cc248790bfdcf879e3094fa248c85bf92cdf9dae31491e1ac425edc6b80a670a71ac8d2dfdd78417 – before 055eced3edf5b675d12189081303f6285ef2651131491e1ac425edc6b80a670a71ac8d2dfdd78417 – before 27490ae6a85a70242d80615ca74d0362a820d6a731491e1ac425edc6b80a670a71ac8d2dfdd78417 – before d4996c6eac4c81b8872043e9391563f67f13e406
Linux Linux 3.10

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