CVE-2021-47536

net/smc: fix wrong list_del in smc_lgr_cleanup_early

Published May 24, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/smc: fix wrong list_del in smc_lgr_cleanup_early

smc_lgr_cleanup_early() meant to delete the link
group from the link group list, but it deleted
the list head by mistake.

This may cause memory corruption since we didn't
remove the real link group from the list and later
memseted the link group structure.
We got a list corruption panic when testing:

[  231.277259] list_del corruption. prev->next should be ffff8881398a8000, but was 0000000000000000
[  231.278222] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[  231.278726] kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:53!
[  231.279326] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
[  231.279803] CPU: 0 PID: 5 Comm: kworker/0:0 Not tainted 5.10.46+ #435
[  231.280466] Hardware name: Alibaba Cloud ECS, BIOS 8c24b4c 04/01/2014
[  231.281248] Workqueue: events smc_link_down_work
[  231.281732] RIP: 0010:__list_del_entry_valid+0x70/0x90
[  231.282258] Code: 4c 60 82 e8 7d cc 6a 00 0f 0b 48 89 fe 48 c7 c7 88 4c
60 82 e8 6c cc 6a 00 0f 0b 48 89 fe 48 c7 c7 c0 4c 60 82 e8 5b cc 6a 00 <0f>
0b 48 89 fe 48 c7 c7 00 4d 60 82 e8 4a cc 6a 00 0f 0b cc cc cc
[  231.284146] RSP: 0018:ffffc90000033d58 EFLAGS: 00010292
[  231.284685] RAX: 0000000000000054 RBX: ffff8881398a8000 RCX: 0000000000000000
[  231.285415] RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffff88813bc18040 RDI: ffff88813bc18040
[  231.286141] RBP: ffffffff8305ad40 R08: 0000000000000003 R09: 0000000000000001
[  231.286873] R10: ffffffff82803da0 R11: ffffc90000033b90 R12: 0000000000000001
[  231.287606] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff8881398a8000 R15: 0000000000000003
[  231.288337] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88813bc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[  231.289160] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[  231.289754] CR2: 0000000000e72058 CR3: 000000010fa96006 CR4: 00000000003706f0
[  231.290485] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[  231.291211] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[  231.291940] Call Trace:
[  231.292211]  smc_lgr_terminate_sched+0x53/0xa0
[  231.292677]  smc_switch_conns+0x75/0x6b0
[  231.293085]  ? update_load_avg+0x1a6/0x590
[  231.293517]  ? ttwu_do_wakeup+0x17/0x150
[  231.293907]  ? update_load_avg+0x1a6/0x590
[  231.294317]  ? newidle_balance+0xca/0x3d0
[  231.294716]  smcr_link_down+0x50/0x1a0
[  231.295090]  ? __wake_up_common_lock+0x77/0x90
[  231.295534]  smc_link_down_work+0x46/0x60
[  231.295933]  process_one_work+0x18b/0x350

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-787
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses
  • CWE-119

    Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

  • CWE-787

    Out-of-bounds Write

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2026, 8:48 AM
Reserved
May 24, 2024, 3:02 PM
Status
Modified
Published
May 24, 2024, 3:15 PM
Modified
Aug 4, 2026, 10:17 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
May 24, 2024, 12:00 AM