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CVE-2021-47403

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-47403 is a module reference leak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ipack:ipoctal driver. This flaw occurs because a module reference was taken on every open but only released once, leading to resource exhaustion. Rated 7.1 HIGH (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H), it can result in high confidentiality and availability impacts, requiring local access and low privileges. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.18, < 4.4.286CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.5, < 4.9.285CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.10, < 4.14.249CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.15, < 4.19.209CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.20, < 5.4.151CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
16.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0025 is in the 50th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2021-47403Low

kernel: ipack: ipoctal: fix module reference leak

May 21, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/31398849b84ebae0d43a1cf379cb9895597f221a
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/3253c87e1e5bc0107aab773af2f135ebccf38666
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/7cea848678470daadbfdaa6a112b823c290f900c
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/811178f296b16af30264def74c8d2179a72d5562
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/9c5b77a7ffc983b2429ce158b50497c5d3c86a69
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/bb8a4fcb2136508224c596a7e665bdba1d7c3c27
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/c0adb5a947dec6cff7050ec56d78ecd3916f9ce6
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/dde4c1429b97383689f755ce92b4ed1e84a9c92b
Patch