CVE-2021-47270 usb: fix various gadgets null ptr deref on 10gbps cabling.

What is CVE-2021-47270?

CVE-2021-47270 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 May 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:

usb: fix various gadgets null ptr deref on 10gbps cabling.

This avoids a null pointer dereference in f_{ecm,eem,hid,loopback,printer,rndis,serial,sourcesink,subset,tcm} by simply reusing the 5gbps config for 10gbps.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-47270?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2021-47270?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2021-47270 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-47270 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2013-6282 Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47270, GHSA-4xq8-m4f5-h82h, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47270.