# CVE-2021-47429: powerpc/64s: Fix unrecoverable MCE calling async handler from NMI

> A flaw in the Linux kernel's PowerPC machine check handler can cause system crashes when handling unrecoverable errors, leading to denial of service.

- **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:** 21 May 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47429, GHSA-g8c8-mwvp-jcrr, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47429

## What is CVE-2021-47429?

CVE-2021-47429 is a medium-severity denial of service 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:

powerpc/64s: Fix unrecoverable MCE calling async handler from NMI

The machine check handler is not considered NMI on 64s. The early
handler is the true NMI handler, and then it schedules the
machine_check_exception handler to run when interrupts are enabled.

This works fine except the case of an unrecoverable MCE, where the true
NMI is taken when MSR[RI] is clear, it can not recover, so it calls
machine_check_exception directly so something might be done about it.

Calling an async handler from NMI context can result in irq state and
other things getting corrupted. This can also trigger the BUG at
  arch/powerpc/include/asm/interrupt.h:168
  BUG_ON(!arch_irq_disabled_regs(regs) && !(regs->msr & MSR_EE));

Fix this by making an _async version of the handler which is called
in the normal case, and a NMI version that is called for unrecoverable
interrupts.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-47429?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-47429?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2021-47429 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-47429 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [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-2021-47429 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-47429 is a medium-severity denial of service 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-47429 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-2021-47429/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-47429/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47429
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-47429
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-47429

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