🛡️ CVE-2021-47265 on Debian — linux

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV

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CVSS Score

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA: Verify port when creating flow rule Validate port value provided by the user and with that remove no longer needed validation by the driver. The missing check in the mlx5_ib driver could cause to the below oops. Call trace: _create_flow_rule+0x2d4/0xf28 [mlx5_ib] mlx5_ib_create_flow+0x2d0/0x5b0 [mlx5_ib] ib_uverbs_ex_create_flow+0x4cc/0x624 [ib_uverbs] ib_uverbs_handler_UVERBS_METHOD_INVOKE_WRITE+0xd4/0x150 [ib_uverbs] ib_uverbs_cmd_verbs.isra.7+0xb28/0xc50 [ib_uverbs] ib_uverbs_ioctl+0x158/0x1d0 [ib_uverbs] do_vfs_ioctl+0xd0/0xaf0 ksys_ioctl+0x84/0xb4 __arm64_sys_ioctl+0x28/0xc4 el0_svc_common.constprop.3+0xa4/0x254 el0_svc_handler+0x84/0xa0 el0_svc+0x10/0x26c Code: b9401260 f9615681 51000400 8b001c20 (f9403c1a)

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2021-47265 as tracked by Debian, for the package linux. The fix is available in version 5.14.6-1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47265 is recorded against 1 package.

linux (fixed in 5.14.6-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 21 May 2024 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2021-47265 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Debian 11 (Root.io)Ubuntu

Details

Severity Unknown

CVSS Score N/A

CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE N/A

Public Exploit ✅ No

Source OSV

Published 2024-05-21

Updated 2026-08-20

Modified 2026-08-04

Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software	From version	Fixed in
linux	—	5.14.6-1

References

ADVISORY https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-47265

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