# CVE-2021-47005: PCI: endpoint: Fix NULL pointer dereference for ->get_features()

> A local attacker can cause a kernel crash by triggering a NULL pointer dereference in the PCI endpoint test driver when specific features are unimplemented.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 28 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47005, GHSA-43jg-wxfj-4rf7, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47005

## What is CVE-2021-47005?

CVE-2021-47005 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 28 Feb 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

PCI: endpoint: Fix NULL pointer dereference for ->get_features()

get_features ops of pci_epc_ops may return NULL, causing NULL pointer
dereference in pci_epf_test_alloc_space function. Let us add a check for
pci_epc_feature pointer in pci_epf_test_bind before we access it to avoid
any such NULL pointer dereference and return -ENOTSUPP in case
pci_epc_feature is not found.

When the patch is not applied and EPC features is not implemented in the
platform driver, we see the following dump due to kernel NULL pointer
dereference.

Call trace:
 pci_epf_test_bind+0xf4/0x388
 pci_epf_bind+0x3c/0x80
 pci_epc_epf_link+0xa8/0xcc
 configfs_symlink+0x1a4/0x48c
 vfs_symlink+0x104/0x184
 do_symlinkat+0x80/0xd4
 __arm64_sys_symlinkat+0x1c/0x24
 el0_svc_common.constprop.3+0xb8/0x170
 el0_svc_handler+0x70/0x88
 el0_svc+0x8/0x640
Code: d2800581 b9403ab9 f9404ebb 8b394f60 (f9400400)
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Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-47005?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-47005?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2021-47005 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-47005 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-47005 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-47005 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 28 Feb 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-47005 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-47005/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-47005/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47005
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-47005
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-47005

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-47005/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.