---
title: "CVE-2021-47481\n    | Ubuntu"
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
  desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things.
url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-47481?format=md
keywords: index, follow
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# CVE-2021-47481

Publication date 22 May 2024

Last updated 4 July 2026

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**5.5 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-47481?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/mlx5: Initialize the ODP xarray when creating an ODP MR
Normally the zero fill would hide the missing initialization, but an
errant set to desc\_size in reg\_create() causes a crash:
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 0000000800000000
PGD 0 P4D 0
Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI
CPU: 5 PID: 890 Comm: ib\_write\_bw Not tainted 5.15.0-rc4+ #47
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS
rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:mlx5\_ib\_dereg\_mr+0x14/0x3b0 [mlx5\_ib]
Code: 48 63 cd 4c 89 f7 48 89 0c 24 e8 37 30 03 e1 48 8b 0c 24 eb a0 90
0f 1f 44 00 00 41 56 41 55 41 54 55 53 48 89 fb 48 83 ec 30 <48> 8b 2f 65
48 8b 04 25 28 00 00 00 48 89 44 24 28 31 c0 8b 87 c8
RSP: 0018:ffff88811afa3a60 EFLAGS: 00010286
RAX: 000000000000001c RBX: 0000000800000000 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000800000000
RBP: 0000000800000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: c0000000fffff7ff
R10: ffff88811afa38f8 R11: ffff88811afa38f0 R12: ffffffffa02c7ac0
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff88811afa3cd8 R15: ffff88810772fa00
FS: 00007f47b9080740(0000) GS:ffff88852cd40000(0000)
knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000800000000 CR3: 000000010761e003 CR4: 0000000000370ea0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
mlx5\_ib\_free\_odp\_mr+0x95/0xc0 [mlx5\_ib]
mlx5\_ib\_dereg\_mr+0x128/0x3b0 [mlx5\_ib]
ib\_dereg\_mr\_user+0x45/0xb0 [ib\_core]
? xas\_load+0x8/0x80
destroy\_hw\_idr\_uobject+0x1a/0x50 [ib\_uverbs]
uverbs\_destroy\_uobject+0x2f/0x150 [ib\_uverbs]
uobj\_destroy+0x3c/0x70 [ib\_uverbs]
ib\_uverbs\_cmd\_verbs+0x467/0xb00 [ib\_uverbs]
? uverbs\_finalize\_object+0x60/0x60 [ib\_uverbs]
? ttwu\_queue\_wakelist+0xa9/0xe0
? pty\_write+0x85/0x90
? file\_tty\_write.isra.33+0x214/0x330
? process\_echoes+0x60/0x60
ib\_uverbs\_ioctl+0xa7/0x110 [ib\_uverbs]
\_\_x64\_sys\_ioctl+0x10d/0x8e0
? vfs\_write+0x17f/0x260
do\_syscall\_64+0x3c/0x80
entry\_SYSCALL\_64\_after\_hwframe+0x44/0xae
Add the missing xarray initialization and remove the desc\_size set.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| linux | 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| linux-allwinner-5.19 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored end of kernel support |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| linux-aws | 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| linux-aws-5.0 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored superseded by linux-aws-5.3 |
| linux-aws-5.11 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of standard support, was ignored [superseded by linux-aws-5.13] |
| linux-aws-5.13 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of standard support, was ignored [superseded by linux-aws-5.15] |
| linux-aws-5.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| linux-aws-5.19 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored superseded by linux-aws-6.2 |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| linux-aws-5.3 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored superseded by linux-aws-5.4 |
| linux-aws-5.4 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| linux-aws-5.8 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of standard support, was ignored [superseded by linux-aws-5.11] |
| linux-aws-6.2 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored superseded by linux-aws-6.5 |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| linux-aws-6.5 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| linux-aws-fips | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal  FIPS | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic  FIPS | Not affected |
| linux-aws-hwe | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| linux-azure | 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored superseded by linux-azure-5.3 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| linux-azure-4.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| linux-azure-5.11 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of standard support, was ignored [superseded by linux-azure-5.13] |
| linux-azure-5.13 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of standard support, was ignored [superseded by linux-azure-5.15] |
| linux-azure-5.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| linux-azure-5.19 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored superseded by linux-azure-6.2 |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| linux-azure-5.3 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored superseded by linux-azure-5.4 |
| linux-azure-5.4 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| linux-azure-5.8 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of standard support, was ignored [superseded by linux-azure-5.11] |
| linux-azure-6.2 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored superseded by linux-azure-6.5 |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| linux-azure-6.5 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| linux-azure-edge | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored superseded by linux-azure-5.3 |
| linux-azure-fde | 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of standard support, was ignored [superseded by linux-azure-fde-5.15] |
| linux-azure-fde-5.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| linux-azure-fde-5.19 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored superseded by linux-azure-fde-6.2 |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| linux-azure-fde-6.2 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored replaced by linux-azure-6.5 |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| linux-azure-fips | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal  FIPS | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic  FIPS | Not affected |
| linux-bluefield | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| linux-fips | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal  FIPS | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic  FIPS | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial  FIPS | Not affected |
| linux-gcp | 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-5.3 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| linux-gcp-4.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| linux-gcp-5.11 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of standard support, was ignored [superseded by linux-gcp-5.13] |
| linux-gcp-5.13 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of standard support, was ignored [superseded by linux-gcp-5.15] |
| linux-gcp-5.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| linux-gcp-5.19 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-6.2 |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| linux-gcp-5.3 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-5.4 |
| linux-gcp-5.4 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| linux-gcp-5.8 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of standard support, was ignored [superseded by linux-gcp-5.11] |
| linux-gcp-6.2 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-6.5 |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| linux-gcp-6.5 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| linux-gcp-fips | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal  FIPS | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic  FIPS | Not affected |
| linux-gke | 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of kernel support |
| linux-gke-4.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored superseded by linux-gke-5.0 |
| linux-gke-5.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of kernel support |
| linux-gke-5.4 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored end of kernel support |
| linux-gkeop | 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| linux-gkeop-5.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| linux-gkeop-5.4 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored end of kernel support |
| linux-hwe | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored replaced by linux-hwe-5.4 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| linux-hwe-5.11 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of standard support, was ignored [superseded by linux-hwe-5.13] |
| linux-hwe-5.13 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of standard support, was ignored [superseded by linux-hwe-5.15] |
| linux-hwe-5.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| linux-hwe-5.19 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored superseded by linux-hwe-6.2 |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| linux-hwe-5.4 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| linux-hwe-5.8 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of standard support, was ignored [superseded by linux-hwe-5.11] |
| linux-hwe-6.2 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored superseded by linux-hwe-6.5 |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| linux-hwe-6.5 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| linux-hwe-edge | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored superseded by linux-hwe-5.4 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of ESM support, was ignored [superseded by linux-hwe] |
| linux-ibm | 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Ignored end of kernel support |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| linux-ibm-5.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| linux-ibm-5.4 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| linux-intel | 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-intel-5.13 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of kernel support |
| linux-intel-iotg | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| linux-intel-iotg-5.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| linux-iot | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| linux-kvm | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| linux-laptop | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| linux-lowlatency | 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored superseded by linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored superseded by linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| linux-lts-xenial | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| linux-nvidia | 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| linux-nvidia-6.2 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored superseded by linux-nvidia-6.5 |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| linux-nvidia-6.5 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| linux-nvidia-6.8 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-nvidia-lowlatency | 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-oem | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored replaced by linux-hwe-5.4 |
| linux-oem-5.10 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of standard support, was ignored [superseded by linux-oem-5.13] |
| linux-oem-5.13 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of standard support, was ignored [superseded by linux-oem-5.14] |
| linux-oem-5.14 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of standard support, was ignored [replaced by linux-hwe-5.15] |
| linux-oem-5.17 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored superseded by linux-oem-6.1 |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| linux-oem-5.6 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of standard support, was ignored [superseded by linux-oem-5.10] |
| linux-oem-6.0 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored superseded by linux-oem-6.1 |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| linux-oem-6.1 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored superseded by linux-oem-6.5 |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| linux-oem-6.5 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| linux-oem-6.8 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| linux-oracle | 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| linux-oracle-5.0 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored superseded by linux-oracle-5.3 |
| linux-oracle-5.11 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of standard support, was ignored [superseded by linux-oracle-5.13] |
| linux-oracle-5.13 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of standard support, was ignored [superseded by linux-oracle-5.15] |
| linux-oracle-5.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| linux-oracle-5.3 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored superseded by linux-oracle-5.4 |
| linux-oracle-5.4 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| linux-oracle-5.8 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of standard support, was ignored [superseded by linux-oracle-5.11] |
| linux-oracle-6.5 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| linux-raspi | 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| linux-raspi-5.4 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| linux-raspi2 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of standard support, was ignored [replaced by linux-raspi] |
| linux-riscv | 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored end of kernel support |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of standard support, was ignored [superseded by linux-riscv-5.8] |
| linux-riscv-5.11 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of standard support, was ignored [superseded by linux-riscv-5.13] |
| linux-riscv-5.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| linux-riscv-5.19 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored end of kernel support |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| linux-riscv-5.8 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of standard support, was ignored [superseded by linux-riscv-5.11] |
| linux-riscv-6.5 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| linux-starfive | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| linux-starfive-5.19 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored end of kernel support |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| linux-starfive-6.2 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored superseded by linux-starfive-6.5 |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| linux-starfive-6.5 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| linux-xilinx-zynqmp | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |

---

* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-47481?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| linux | * Introduced by   [a639e66](https://git.kernel.org/linus/a639e66703ee45745dc4057c7c2013ed9e1963a7),   fixed by   [5508546](https://git.kernel.org/linus/5508546631a0f555d7088203dec2614e41b5106e) |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

5.5 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Local |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | Low |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 5.5 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

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

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-47481)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-47481)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2021-47481)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-47481)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47481>
* <https://git.kernel.org/linus/5508546631a0f555d7088203dec2614e41b5106e (5.15)>
* <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f6995295f65d1ee6f36d466d26afd98eb797afe>
* <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5508546631a0f555d7088203dec2614e41b5106e>
