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CVE-2021-47351 json

ubifs: Fix races between xattr_{set|get} and listxattr operations

published 2y ago modified 3mo ago also EUVD-2021-34356

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 16%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ubifs: Fix races between xattr_{set|get} and listxattr operations

UBIFS may occur some problems with concurrent xattr_{set|get} and listxattr operations, such as assertion failure, memory corruption, stale xattr value[1].

Fix it by importing a new rw-lock in @ubifs_inode to serilize write operations on xattr, concurrent read operations are still effective, just like ext4.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mtd/20200630130438.141649-1-houtao1@huawei.com

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 5.4.133, 5.10.51, 5.12.18, 5.13.3, 5.14
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.14.6-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47351

  • linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-84.94
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1056.59
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1052.56
  • linux-kvm Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1046.48
  • linux-azure Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1058.60
  • linux-gkeop Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1023.24
  • linux-raspi Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1043.47
  • linux-oracle Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1054.58

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47351

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red hat product security vex CVE-2021-47351 updated cvss 4.7

kernel: ubifs: Fix races between xattr_{set|get} and listxattr operations

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness
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