CVE-2021-47485
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
7.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.2%
15.0th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-120
Published 2024-05-22 · modified 2026-08-04
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
| Attack Vector | L | Local |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Privileges Required | L | Low |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | H | High |
| Integrity | H | High |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2024-05-22 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-08-04 — Last modified (NVD)
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: IB/qib: Protect from buffer overflow in struct qib_user_sdma_pkt fields Overflowing either addrlimit or bytes_togo can allow userspace to trigger a buffer overflow of kernel memory. Check for overflows in all the places doing math on user controlled buffers.
Affected
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d4395477741608d123dad51def9fe50b7ebe952
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f8cdfff06829a0b0348b6debc29ff6a61967724
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f57c3f67fd93b4da86aeffea1ca32c484d054ad
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60833707b968d5ae02a75edb7886dcd4a957cf0d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73d2892148aa4397a885b4f4afcfc5b27a325c42
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bda41654b6e0c125a624ca35d6d20beb8015b5d0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3e17e58f571f34c51aeb17274ed02c2ed5cf780
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d39bf40e55e666b5905fdbd46a0dced030ce87be
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d4395477741608d123dad51def9fe50b7ebe952
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f8cdfff06829a0b0348b6debc29ff6a61967724
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f57c3f67fd93b4da86aeffea1ca32c484d054ad
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60833707b968d5ae02a75edb7886dcd4a957cf0d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73d2892148aa4397a885b4f4afcfc5b27a325c42
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bda41654b6e0c125a624ca35d6d20beb8015b5d0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3e17e58f571f34c51aeb17274ed02c2ed5cf780
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d39bf40e55e666b5905fdbd46a0dced030ce87be