Vulnerability · Published May 22, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2021-47495usbnet: sanity check for maxpacket

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 12% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 88.4% 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: usbnet: sanity check for maxpacket maxpacket of 0 makes no sense and oopses as we need to divide by it. Give up. V2: fixed typo in log and stylistic issues

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8bpftool4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:4211
AlmaLinux:8kernel4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:4211
AlmaLinux:8kernel-abi-stablelists4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:4211
AlmaLinux:8kernel-core4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:4211
AlmaLinux:8kernel-cross-headers4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:4211
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:4211
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-core4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:4211
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-devel4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:4211
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-modules4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:4211
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-modules-extra4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:4211
AlmaLinux:8kernel-devel4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:4211
AlmaLinux:8kernel-doc4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:4211
AlmaLinux:8kernel-headers4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:4211
AlmaLinux:8kernel-modules4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:4211
AlmaLinux:8kernel-modules-extra4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:4211
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10ALSA-2024:4352
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-core4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10ALSA-2024:4352
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10ALSA-2024:4352
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-core4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10ALSA-2024:4352
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-devel4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10ALSA-2024:4352
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-kvm4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10ALSA-2024:4352
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-modules4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10ALSA-2024:4352
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10ALSA-2024:4352
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-devel4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10ALSA-2024:4352
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-kvm4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10ALSA-2024:4352
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-modules4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10ALSA-2024:4352
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-modules-extra4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10ALSA-2024:4352
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:4211
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools-libs4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:4211
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools-libs-devel4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:4211
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:4211
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-core4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:4211
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-devel4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:4211
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-modules4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:4211
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:4211
AlmaLinux:8perf4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:4211
AlmaLinux:8python3-perf4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:4211
Debian:12linux5.14.16-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47495
Debian:13linux5.14.16-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47495
Debian:14linux5.14.16-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47495
Rocky Linux:8kernel0:4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10RLSA-2024:4211
Rocky Linux:8kernel-rt0:4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10RLSA-2024:4352
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47495
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47495
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47495
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47495
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47495
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47495
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47495
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47495
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47495
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47495
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47495
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47495
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47495
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47495
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47495
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47495
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47495
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47495
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47495
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47495
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47495
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47495
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47495
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47495

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – before b9eba0a4a527e04d712f0e0401e5391ef124b33e1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – before 524f333e98138d909a0a0c574a9ff6737dce27671da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – before 74b3b27cf9fecce00cd8918b7882fd81191d0aa41da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – before 002d82227c0abe29118cf80f7e2f396b22d448ed1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – before 492140e45d2bf27c1014243f8616a9b612144e201da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – before 693ecbe8f799405f8775719deedb1f76265d375a1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – before 7e8b6a4f18edee070213cb6a77118e8a412253c51da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – before 397430b50a363d8b7bdda00522123f82df6adc5e
Linux Linux 2.6.12

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