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CVE-2021-47592

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-47592 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's stmmac network driver. Specifically, it affects the handling of VLAN priority-based RX steering when deleting a traffic control (tc) flower filter. This flaw can lead to a kernel crash, resulting in a denial of service. The vulnerability is rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5) with a vector of AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H, indicating it requires local access and low attack complexity to achieve a high impact on availability. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.13, < 5.15.11CPE 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:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
11.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0021 is in the 51st 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2021-47592Moderate

kernel: net: stmmac: fix tc flower deletion for VLAN priority Rx steering

Jun 19, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/97cb5c82aa1dd85a39b1bd021c8b5f18af623779
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/aeb7c75cb77478fdbf821628e9c95c4baa9adc63
Patch