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CVE-2021-47351

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-47351 addresses a race condition in the Linux kernel's UBIFS filesystem, specifically affecting concurrent extended attribute (xattr) set/get and listxattr operations. This flaw could lead to assertion failures, memory corruption, or stale xattr values. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), it requires local access and low privileges, with the primary impact being high availability loss. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.6.27, < 5.4.133CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5, < 5.10.51CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.11, < 5.12.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.13, < 5.13.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
14.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0024 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2021-47351Moderate

kernel: ubifs: Fix races between xattr_{set|get} and listxattr operations

May 21, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/38dde03eb239605f428f3f1e4baa73d4933a4cc6
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/7adc05b73d91a5e3d4ca7714fa53ad9b70c53d08
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/9558612cb829f2c022b788f55d6b8437d5234a82
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/c0756f75c22149d20fcb7d8409827cee905eb386
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/f4e3634a3b642225a530c292fdb1e8a4007507f5
Patch