{"id":"CVE-2021-47014","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/sched: act_ct: fix wild memory access when clearing fragments\n\nwhile testing re-assembly/re-fragmentation using act_ct, it's possible to\nobserve a crash like the fo…","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/sched: act_ct: fix wild memory access when clearing fragments\n\nwhile testing re-assembly/re-fragmentation using act_ct, it's possible to\nobserve a crash like the fo…","severity":"high","cvss":7.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-754"],"vendor":"linux","product":"linux_kernel","affected":["linux_kernel >= 5.8, < 5.12.4"],"patched":["linux_kernel 5.12.4"],"published":"2024-02-28","updated":"2026-08-04","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-47014","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0648941f4c8bbf8b4b6c0b270889ae7aa769b921","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f77bd544a6bbe69aa50d9ed09f13494cf36ff806","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0648941f4c8bbf8b4b6c0b270889ae7aa769b921","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f77bd544a6bbe69aa50d9ed09f13494cf36ff806","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00233,"epssPercentile":0.14426,"ingestedAt":"2026-08-04T10:39:39.177Z","slug":"CVE-2021-47014","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/sched: act_ct: fix wild memory access when clearing fragments\n\nwhile testing re-assembly/re-fragmentation using act_ct, it's possible to\nobserve a crash like the following one:\n\n KASAN: maybe wild-memory-access in range [0x0001000000000448-0x000100000000044f]\n CPU: 50 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/50 Tainted: G S                5.12.0-rc7+ #424\n Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R730/072T6D, BIOS 2.4.3 01/17/2017\n RIP: 0010:inet_frag_rbtree_purge+0x50/0xc0\n Code: 00 fc ff df 48 89 c3 31 ed 48 89 df e8 a9 7a 38 ff 4c 89 fe 48 89 df 49 89 c6 e8 5b 3a 38 ff 48 8d 7b 40 48 89 f8 48 c1 e8 03 <42> 80 3c 20 00 75 59 48 8d bb d0 00 00 00 4c 8b 6b 40 48 89 f8 48\n RSP: 0018:ffff888c31449db8 EFLAGS: 00010203\n RAX: 0000200000000089 RBX: 000100000000040e RCX: ffffffff989eb960\n RDX: 0000000000000140 RSI: ffffffff97cfb977 RDI: 000100000000044e\n RBP: 0000000000000900 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffed1186289350\n R10: 0000000000000003 R11: ffffed1186289350 R12: dffffc0000000000\n R13: 000100000000040e R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff888155e02160\n FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888c31440000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n CR2: 00005600cb70a5b8 CR3: 0000000a2c014005 CR4: 00000000003706e0\n DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000\n DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400\n Call Trace:\n  <IRQ>\n  inet_frag_destroy+0xa9/0x150\n  call_timer_fn+0x2d/0x180\n  run_timer_softirq+0x4fe/0xe70\n  __do_softirq+0x197/0x5a0\n  irq_exit_rcu+0x1de/0x200\n  sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x6b/0x80\n  </IRQ>\n\nwhen act_ct temporarily stores an IP fragment, restoring the skb qdisc cb\nresults in putting random data in FRAG_CB(), and this causes those \"wild\"\nmemory accesses later, when the rbtree is purged. Never overwrite the skb\ncb in case tcf_ct_handle_fragments() returns -EINPROGRESS.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.8, < 5.12.4`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `linux_kernel 5.12.4`","depth":"twilight","depthScore":43,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":42.9,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}