# CVE-2021-47146: mld: fix panic in mld_newpack()

> A kernel panic in the Linux kernel's MLD implementation allows local attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted network configurations.

- **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:** 25 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47146, GHSA-w7p2-j7r7-m47f, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47146

## What is CVE-2021-47146?

CVE-2021-47146 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 25 Mar 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:

mld: fix panic in mld_newpack()

mld_newpack() doesn't allow to allocate high order page,
only order-0 allocation is allowed.
If headroom size is too large, a kernel panic could occur in skb_put().

Test commands:
    ip netns del A
    ip netns del B
    ip netns add A
    ip netns add B
    ip link add veth0 type veth peer name veth1
    ip link set veth0 netns A
    ip link set veth1 netns B

    ip netns exec A ip link set lo up
    ip netns exec A ip link set veth0 up
    ip netns exec A ip -6 a a 2001:db8:0::1/64 dev veth0
    ip netns exec B ip link set lo up
    ip netns exec B ip link set veth1 up
    ip netns exec B ip -6 a a 2001:db8:0::2/64 dev veth1
    for i in {1..99}
    do
        let A=$i-1
        ip netns exec A ip link add ip6gre$i type ip6gre \
	local 2001:db8:$A::1 remote 2001:db8:$A::2 encaplimit 100
        ip netns exec A ip -6 a a 2001:db8:$i::1/64 dev ip6gre$i
        ip netns exec A ip link set ip6gre$i up

        ip netns exec B ip link add ip6gre$i type ip6gre \
	local 2001:db8:$A::2 remote 2001:db8:$A::1 encaplimit 100
        ip netns exec B ip -6 a a 2001:db8:$i::2/64 dev ip6gre$i
        ip netns exec B ip link set ip6gre$i up
    done

Splat looks like:
kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:110!
invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC KASAN PTI
CPU: 0 PID: 7 Comm: kworker/0:1 Not tainted 5.12.0+ #891
Workqueue: ipv6_addrconf addrconf_dad_work
RIP: 0010:skb_panic+0x15d/0x15f
Code: 92 fe 4c 8b 4c 24 10 53 8b 4d 70 45 89 e0 48 c7 c7 00 ae 79 83
41 57 41 56 41 55 48 8b 54 24 a6 26 f9 ff <0f> 0b 48 8b 6c 24 20 89
34 24 e8 4a 4e 92 fe 8b 34 24 48 c7 c1 20
RSP: 0018:ffff88810091f820 EFLAGS: 00010282
RAX: 0000000000000089 RBX: ffff8881086e9000 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000000000000089 RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: ffffed1020123efb
RBP: ffff888005f6eac0 R08: ffffed1022fc0031 R09: ffffed1022fc0031
R10: ffff888117e00187 R11: ffffed1022fc0030 R12: 0000000000000028
R13: ffff888008284eb0 R14: 0000000000000ed8 R15: 0000000000000ec0
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888117c00000(0000)
knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f8b801c5640 CR3: 0000000033c2c006 CR4: 00000000003706f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 ? ip6_mc_hdr.isra.26.constprop.46+0x12a/0x600
 ? ip6_mc_hdr.isra.26.constprop.46+0x12a/0x600
 skb_put.cold.104+0x22/0x22
 ip6_mc_hdr.isra.26.constprop.46+0x12a/0x600
 ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0x91/0xc0
 mld_newpack+0x398/0x8f0
 ? ip6_mc_hdr.isra.26.constprop.46+0x600/0x600
 ? lock_contended+0xc40/0xc40
 add_grhead.isra.33+0x280/0x380
 add_grec+0x5ca/0xff0
 ? mld_sendpack+0xf40/0xf40
 ? lock_downgrade+0x690/0x690
 mld_send_initial_cr.part.34+0xb9/0x180
 ipv6_mc_dad_complete+0x15d/0x1b0
 addrconf_dad_completed+0x8d2/0xbb0
 ? lock_downgrade+0x690/0x690
 ? addrconf_rs_timer+0x660/0x660
 ? addrconf_dad_work+0x73c/0x10e0
 addrconf_dad_work+0x73c/0x10e0

Allowing high order page allocation could fix this problem.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-47146?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-47146?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2021-47146 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-47146 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-47146 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-47146 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 25 Mar 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-2021-47146 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-2021-47146/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-47146/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47146
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-47146
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-47146

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