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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-47100

medium Nessus Plugin ID 247874

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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.

 - ipmi: Fix UAF when uninstall ipmi_si and ipmi_msghandler module Hi, When testing install and uninstall of ipmi_si.ko and ipmi_msghandler.ko, the system crashed. The log as follows: [ 141.087026] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffffffc09b3a5a [ 141.087241] PGD 8fe4c0d067 P4D 8fe4c0d067 PUD 8fe4c0f067 PMD 103ad89067 PTE 0 [ 141.087464] Oops: 0010 [#1] SMP NOPTI [ 141.087580] CPU: 67 PID: 668 Comm: kworker/67:1 Kdump: loaded Not tainted 4.18.0.x86_64 #47 [ 141.088009] Workqueue: events 0xffffffffc09b3a40 [ 141.088009] RIP: 0010:0xffffffffc09b3a5a [ 141.088009] Code: Bad RIP value. [ 141.088009] RSP: 0018:ffffb9094e2c3e88 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 141.088009] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX:
 ffff9abfdb1f04a0 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 141.088009] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000246 RDI:
 0000000000000246 [ 141.088009] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffff9abfffee3cb8 R09: 00000000000002e1 [ 141.088009] R10: ffffb9094cb73d90 R11: 00000000000f4240 R12: ffff9abfffee8700 [ 141.088009] R13:
 0000000000000000 R14: ffff9abfdb1f04a0 R15: ffff9abfdb1f04a8 [ 141.088009] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9abfffec0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 141.088009] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0:
 0000000080050033 [ 141.088009] CR2: ffffffffc09b3a30 CR3: 0000008fe4c0a001 CR4: 00000000007606e0 [ 141.088009] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ 141.088009] DR3:
 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [ 141.088009] PKRU: 55555554 [ 141.088009] Call Trace: [ 141.088009] ? process_one_work+0x195/0x390 [ 141.088009] ? worker_thread+0x30/0x390 [ 141.088009] ? process_one_work+0x390/0x390 [ 141.088009] ? kthread+0x10d/0x130 [ 141.088009] ? kthread_flush_work_fn+0x10/0x10 [ 141.088009] ? ret_from_fork+0x35/0x40] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffffffc0b28a5a [ 200.223240] PGD 97fe00d067 P4D 97fe00d067 PUD 97fe00f067 PMD a580cbf067 PTE 0 [ 200.223464] Oops: 0010 [#1] SMP NOPTI [ 200.223579] CPU: 63 PID: 664 Comm: kworker/63:1 Kdump: loaded Not tainted 4.18.0.x86_64 #46 [ 200.224008] Workqueue: events 0xffffffffc0b28a40 [ 200.224008] RIP: 0010:0xffffffffc0b28a5a [ 200.224008] Code: Bad RIP value. [ 200.224008] RSP:
 0018:ffffbf3c8e2a3e88 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 200.224008] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffa0799ad6bca0 RCX:
 0000000000000000 [ 200.224008] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000246 RDI: 0000000000000246 [ 200.224008] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffff9fe43fde3cb8 R09: 00000000000000d5 [ 200.224008] R10:
 ffffbf3c8cb53d90 R11: 00000000000f4240 R12: ffff9fe43fde8700 [ 200.224008] R13: 0000000000000000 R14:
 ffffa0799ad6bca0 R15: ffffa0799ad6bca8 [ 200.224008] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9fe43fdc0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 200.224008] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 200.224008] CR2:
 ffffffffc0b28a30 CR3: 00000097fe00a002 CR4: 00000000007606e0 [ 200.224008] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1:
 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ 200.224008] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7:
 0000000000000400 [ 200.224008] PKRU: 55555554 [ 200.224008] Call Trace: [ 200.224008] ? process_one_work+0x195/0x390 [ 200.224008] ? worker_thread+0x30/0x390 [ 200.224008] ? process_one_work+0x390/0x390 [ 200.224008] ? kthread+0x10d/0x130 [ 200.224008] ? kthread_flush_work_fn+0x10/0x10 [ 200.224008] ? ret_from_fork+0x35/0x40 [ 200.224008] kernel fault(0x1) notification starting on CPU 63 [ 200.224008] kernel fault(0x1) notification finished on CPU 63 [ 200.224008] CR2: ffffffffc0b28a5a [ 200.224008] ---[ end trace c82a412d93f57412 ]--- The reason is as follows: T1: rmmod ipmi_si. ->ipmi_unregister_smi() -> ipmi_bmc_unregister() -> __ipmi_bmc_unregister() -> kref_put(&bmc->usecount, cleanup_bmc_device); -> schedule_work(&bmc->remove_work); T2: rmmod ipmi_msghandl
 ---truncated--- (CVE-2021-47100)

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-2021-47100

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 247874

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2021_47100.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/11/2025

Updated: 8/11/2025

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: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-47100

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, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oracle-5.3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-hwe-edge, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-intel-5.13, 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, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-kvm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oracle, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-5.19, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gcp-5.19, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem-5.17, 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-gcp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gke-5.15, 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-azure, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gcp-5.3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-raspi-realtime, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gke, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-5.3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-5.11, 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-hwe-6.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-fips, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-5.19, 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-allwinner-5.19, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-5.13, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-6.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-hwe-5.11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-5.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-nvidia-6.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-5.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem-5.13, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-4.15, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-fips, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-xilinx-zynqmp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-5.3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem-6.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gcp-6.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws, 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-gcp-fips, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-raspi2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-fips, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-intel-iot-realtime, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gke-5.4, 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-5.8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-realtime, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-5.13, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gcp-5.13, 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-oracle-5.11, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-hwe, 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-gke-4.15, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-starfive-6.2, 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-gcp-4.15, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-fde-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: 7/21/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-47100