# CVE-2021-47175: net/sched: fq_pie: fix OOB access in the traffic path

> A local attacker can trigger an out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel's fq_pie scheduler, potentially causing a crash or leaking memory.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47175, GHSA-36f6-8vpp-3cqp, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47175

## What is CVE-2021-47175?

CVE-2021-47175 is a high-severity memory corruption 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:

net/sched: fq_pie: fix OOB access in the traffic path

the following script:

  # tc qdisc add dev eth0 handle 0x1 root fq_pie flows 2
  # tc qdisc add dev eth0 clsact
  # tc filter add dev eth0 egress matchall action skbedit priority 0x10002
  # ping 192.0.2.2 -I eth0 -c2 -w1 -q

produces the following splat:

 BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in fq_pie_qdisc_enqueue+0x1314/0x19d0 [sch_fq_pie]
 Read of size 4 at addr ffff888171306924 by task ping/942

 CPU: 3 PID: 942 Comm: ping Not tainted 5.12.0+ #441
 Hardware name: Red Hat KVM, BIOS 1.11.1-4.module+el8.1.0+4066+0f1aadab 04/01/2014
 Call Trace:
  dump_stack+0x92/0xc1
  print_address_description.constprop.7+0x1a/0x150
  kasan_report.cold.13+0x7f/0x111
  fq_pie_qdisc_enqueue+0x1314/0x19d0 [sch_fq_pie]
  __dev_queue_xmit+0x1034/0x2b10
  ip_finish_output2+0xc62/0x2120
  __ip_finish_output+0x553/0xea0
  ip_output+0x1ca/0x4d0
  ip_send_skb+0x37/0xa0
  raw_sendmsg+0x1c4b/0x2d00
  sock_sendmsg+0xdb/0x110
  __sys_sendto+0x1d7/0x2b0
  __x64_sys_sendto+0xdd/0x1b0
  do_syscall_64+0x3c/0x80
  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
 RIP: 0033:0x7fe69735c3eb
 Code: 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 48 8d 05 75 42 2c 00 41 89 ca 8b 00 85 c0 75 14 b8 2c 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 75 c3 0f 1f 40 00 41 57 4d 89 c7 41 56 41 89
 RSP: 002b:00007fff06d7fb38 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002c
 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000055e961413700 RCX: 00007fe69735c3eb
 RDX: 0000000000000040 RSI: 000055e961413700 RDI: 0000000000000003
 RBP: 0000000000000040 R08: 000055e961410500 R09: 0000000000000010
 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007fff06d81260
 R13: 00007fff06d7fb40 R14: 00007fff06d7fc30 R15: 000055e96140f0a0

 Allocated by task 917:
  kasan_save_stack+0x19/0x40
  __kasan_kmalloc+0x7f/0xa0
  __kmalloc_node+0x139/0x280
  fq_pie_init+0x555/0x8e8 [sch_fq_pie]
  qdisc_create+0x407/0x11b0
  tc_modify_qdisc+0x3c2/0x17e0
  rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x346/0x8e0
  netlink_rcv_skb+0x120/0x380
  netlink_unicast+0x439/0x630
  netlink_sendmsg+0x719/0xbf0
  sock_sendmsg+0xe2/0x110
  ____sys_sendmsg+0x5ba/0x890
  ___sys_sendmsg+0xe9/0x160
  __sys_sendmsg+0xd3/0x170
  do_syscall_64+0x3c/0x80
  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

 The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff888171306800
  which belongs to the cache kmalloc-256 of size 256
 The buggy address is located 36 bytes to the right of
  256-byte region [ffff888171306800, ffff888171306900)
 The buggy address belongs to the page:
 page:00000000bcfb624e refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x171306
 head:00000000bcfb624e order:1 compound_mapcount:0
 flags: 0x17ffffc0010200(slab|head|node=0|zone=2|lastcpupid=0x1fffff)
 raw: 0017ffffc0010200 dead000000000100 dead000000000122 ffff888100042b40
 raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000100010 00000001ffffffff 0000000000000000
 page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected

 Memory state around the buggy address:
  ffff888171306800: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
  ffff888171306880: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 fc fc fc fc
 >ffff888171306900: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
                                ^
  ffff888171306980: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
  ffff888171306a00: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb

fix fq_pie traffic path to avoid selecting 'q->flows + q->flows_cnt' as a
valid flow: it's an address beyond the allocated memory.

Weakness: CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-47175?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-47175?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2021-47175 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-47175 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-47175 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-47175 is a high-severity memory corruption 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-2021-47175 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-2021-47175/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-47175/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47175
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-47175
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-47175

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