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CVE-2021-47564

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-47564 is a double-free vulnerability (CWE-415) in the Marvell Prestera Ethernet switch driver within the Linux kernel, specifically affecting the prestera_bridge_port_join() function's error handling path. This flaw can lead to a system crash due to an Oops, as demonstrated by the provided trace. Rated 7.8 HIGH (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), it requires local user privileges and low attack complexity to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. 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
>= 5.10, < 5.10.83CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.11, < 5.15.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
12.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0022 is in the 41st 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-2021-47564Low

kernel: net: marvell: prestera: fix double free issue on err path

May 24, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/03e5203d2161a00afe4d97d206d2293e40b2f253
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/5dca8eff4627315df98feec09fff9dfe3356325e
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/e8d032507cb7912baf1d3e0af54516f823befefd
Patch