CVE-2021-47216 scsi: advansys: Fix kernel pointer leak
An attacker can read kernel memory addresses via the advansys SCSI driver, potentially aiding further exploitation.
- 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
What is CVE-2021-47216?
CVE-2021-47216 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 10 Apr 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:
scsi: advansys: Fix kernel pointer leak
Pointers should be printed with %p or %px rather than cast to 'unsigned long' and printed with %lx.
Change %lx to %p to print the hashed pointer.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-47216?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2021-47216?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2021-47216 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-47216 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47216, GHSA-7vqx-fpjm-pj2j, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47216.