Vulnerability · Published May 21, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2021-47412block: don't call rq_qos_ops->done_bio if the bio isn't tracked

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-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 14% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.7% 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: block: don't call rq_qos_ops->done_bio if the bio isn't tracked rq_qos framework is only applied on request based driver, so: 1) rq_qos_done_bio() needn't to be called for bio based driver 2) rq_qos_done_bio() needn't to be called for bio which isn't tracked, such as bios ended from error handling code. Especially in bio_endio(): 1) request queue is referred via bio->bi_bdev->bd_disk->queue, which may be gone since request queue refcount may not be held in above two cases 2) q->rq_qos may be freed in blk_cleanup_queue() when calling into __rq_qos_done_bio() Fix the potential kernel panic by not calling rq_qos_ops->done_bio if the bio isn't tracked. This way is safe because both ioc_rqos_done_bio() and blkcg_iolatency_done_bio() are nop if the bio isn't tracked.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8bpftool4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-abi-stablelists4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-core4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-cross-headers4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-core4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-devel4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-modules4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-modules-extra4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-devel4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-doc4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-headers4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-modules4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-modules-extra4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10ALSA-2024:7001
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-core4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10ALSA-2024:7001
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10ALSA-2024:7001
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-core4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10ALSA-2024:7001
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-devel4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10ALSA-2024:7001
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-kvm4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10ALSA-2024:7001
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-modules4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10ALSA-2024:7001
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10ALSA-2024:7001
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-devel4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10ALSA-2024:7001
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-kvm4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10ALSA-2024:7001
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-modules4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10ALSA-2024:7001
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-modules-extra4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10ALSA-2024:7001
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools-libs4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools-libs-devel4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-core4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-devel4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-modules4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8perf4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
AlmaLinux:8python3-perf4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:7000
Debian:12linux5.14.12-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47412
Debian:13linux5.14.12-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47412
Debian:14linux5.14.12-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47412
Rocky Linux:8kernel0:4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10RLSA-2024:7000
Rocky Linux:8kernel-rt0:4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10RLSA-2024:7001
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47412
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47412
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47412
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47412
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47412
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47412
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47412
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47412
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47412
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47412
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47412
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47412
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47412
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47412
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47412
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47412
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47412
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47412
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47412
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47412
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47412
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47412
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47412
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47412

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 67b42d0bf7a8fd1ec0cf1acdc9550e688d7c8578 – before db60edbfff332a6a5477c367af8125f03457098967b42d0bf7a8fd1ec0cf1acdc9550e688d7c8578 – before 004b8f8a691205a93d9e80d98b786b2b97424d6e67b42d0bf7a8fd1ec0cf1acdc9550e688d7c8578 – before a647a524a46736786c95cdb553a070322ca096e3
Linux Linux 4.19

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