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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-47512

medium Nessus Plugin ID 247751

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: fq_pie: prevent dismantle issue For some reason, fq_pie_destroy() did not copy working code from pie_destroy() and other qdiscs, thus causing elusive bug. Before calling del_timer_sync(&q->adapt_timer), we need to ensure timer will not rearm itself. rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt self-detected stall on CPU rcu: 0-....: (4416 ticks this GP) idle=60d/1/0x4000000000000000 softirq=10433/10434 fqs=2579 (t=10501 jiffies g=13085 q=3989) NMI backtrace for cpu 0 CPU: 0 PID: 13 Comm: ksoftirqd/0 Not tainted 5.16.0-rc4-syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011 Call Trace: <IRQ> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0xcd/0x134 lib/dump_stack.c:106 nmi_cpu_backtrace.cold+0x47/0x144 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:111 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x1b3/0x230 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62 trigger_single_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:164 [inline] rcu_dump_cpu_stacks+0x25e/0x3f0 kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:343 print_cpu_stall kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:627 [inline] check_cpu_stall kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:711 [inline] rcu_pending kernel/rcu/tree.c:3878 [inline] rcu_sched_clock_irq.cold+0x9d/0x746 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2597 update_process_times+0x16d/0x200 kernel/time/timer.c:1785 tick_sched_handle+0x9b/0x180 kernel/time/tick-sched.c:226 tick_sched_timer+0x1b0/0x2d0 kernel/time/tick-sched.c:1428 __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1685 [inline] __hrtimer_run_queues+0x1c0/0xe50 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1749 hrtimer_interrupt+0x31c/0x790 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1811 local_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1086 [inline]
 __sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x146/0x530 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1103 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x8e/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1097 </IRQ> <TASK> asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x12/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:638 RIP: 0010:write_comp_data kernel/kcov.c:221 [inline] RIP: 0010:__sanitizer_cov_trace_const_cmp1+0x1d/0x80 kernel/kcov.c:273 Code: 54 c8 20 48 89 10 c3 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 53 41 89 fb 41 89 f1 bf 03 00 00 00 65 48 8b 0c 25 40 70 02 00 48 89 ce 4c 8b 54 24 08 <e8> 4e f7 ff ff 84 c0 74 51 48 8b 81 88 15 00 00 44 8b 81 84 15 00 RSP:
 0018:ffffc90000d27b28 EFLAGS: 00000246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888064bf1bf0 RCX: ffff888011928000 RDX: ffff888011928000 RSI: ffff888011928000 RDI: 0000000000000003 RBP: ffff888064bf1c28 R08:
 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: ffffffff875d8295 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: ffff8880783dd300 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 pie_calculate_probability+0x405/0x7c0 net/sched/sch_pie.c:418 fq_pie_timer+0x170/0x2a0 net/sched/sch_fq_pie.c:383 call_timer_fn+0x1a5/0x6b0 kernel/time/timer.c:1421 expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1466 [inline] __run_timers.part.0+0x675/0xa20 kernel/time/timer.c:1734 __run_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1715 [inline] run_timer_softirq+0xb3/0x1d0 kernel/time/timer.c:1747 __do_softirq+0x29b/0x9c2 kernel/softirq.c:558 run_ksoftirqd kernel/softirq.c:921 [inline] run_ksoftirqd+0x2d/0x60 kernel/softirq.c:913 smpboot_thread_fn+0x645/0x9c0 kernel/smpboot.c:164 kthread+0x405/0x4f0 kernel/kthread.c:327 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295 </TASK> (CVE-2021-47512)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-47512

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 247751

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2021_47512.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/10/2025

Updated: 8/10/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-47512

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-hwe, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-intel-5.13, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oracle-5.3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-hwe-edge, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oracle-5.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oracle-5.13, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gcp-5.11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gcp-5.19, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-5.19, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-riscv-5.11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-riscv, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gke-5.15, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem-5.17, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gcp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gke, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-riscv-5.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-starfive-5.19, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gcp-5.3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-5.11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-5.3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-edge, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-fde, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-6.2, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gkeop-5.4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-hwe-6.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-hwe-5.11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-allwinner-5.19, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-5.19, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-5.13, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-5.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-nvidia-6.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-5.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem-5.13, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem-6.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-5.3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-5.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-hwe-5.19, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gcp-6.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-6.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-5.11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem-5.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-raspi2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gke-5.4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gcp-5.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem-5.6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-hwe-5.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gcp-5.13, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oracle-5.11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem-6.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-5.13, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem-5.14, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-fde-5.19, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-fde-6.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gke-4.15, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oracle-5.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-hwe-5.13, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-riscv-5.19, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-starfive-6.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/28/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-47512