{
  "cveId": "CVE-2021-46981",
  "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-46981",
  "summary": "CVE-2021-46981 is fixed in linux on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46981, released February 28, 2024. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.",
  "title": "linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  nbd: Fix NULL pointer in flush_workqueue  Open /...",
  "description": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  nbd: Fix NULL pointer in flush_workqueue  Open /dev/nbdX first, the config_refs will be 1 and the pointers in nbd_device are still null. Disconnect /dev/nbdX, then reference a null recv_workq. The protection by config_refs in nbd_genl_disconnect is useless.  [  656.366194] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000020 [  656.368943] #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode [  656.369844] #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page [  656.370717] PGD 10cc87067 P4D 10cc87067 PUD 1074b4067 PMD 0 [  656.371693] Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP [  656.372242] CPU: 5 PID: 7977 Comm: nbd-client Not tainted 5.11.0-rc5-00040-g76c057c84d28 #1 [  656.373661] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX \u002B PIIX, 1996), BIOS ?-20190727_073836-buildvm-ppc64le-16.ppc.fedoraproject.org-3.fc31 04/01/2014 [  656.375904] RIP: 0010:mutex_lock\u002B0x29/0x60 [  656.376627] Code: 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 55 48 89 fd 48 83 05 6f d7 fe 08 01 e8 7a c3 ff ff 48 83 05 6a d7 fe 08 01 31 c0 65 48 8b 14 25 00 6d 01 00 \u003Cf0\u003E 48 0f b1 55 d [  656.378934] RSP: 0018:ffffc900005eb9b0 EFLAGS: 00010246 [  656.379350] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000 [  656.379915] RDX: ffff888104cf2600 RSI: ffffffffaae8f452 RDI: 0000000000000020 [  656.380473] RBP: 0000000000000020 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffff88813bd6b318 [  656.381039] R10: 00000000000000c7 R11: fefefefefefefeff R12: ffff888102710b40 [  656.381599] R13: ffffc900005eb9e0 R14: ffffffffb2930680 R15: ffff88810770ef00 [  656.382166] FS:  00007fdf117ebb40(0000) GS:ffff88813bd40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [  656.382806] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [  656.383261] CR2: 0000000000000020 CR3: 0000000100c84000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 [  656.383819] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [  656.384370] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [  656.384927] Call Trace: [  656.385111]  flush_workqueue\u002B0x92/0x6c0 [  656.385395]  nbd_disconnect_and_put\u002B0x81/0xd0 [  656.385716]  nbd_genl_disconnect\u002B0x125/0x2a0 [  656.386034]  genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.isra.0\u002B0x102/0x1b0 [  656.386422]  genl_rcv_msg\u002B0xfc/0x2b0 [  656.386685]  ? nbd_ioctl\u002B0x490/0x490 [  656.386954]  ? genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.isra.0\u002B0x1b0/0x1b0 [  656.387354]  netlink_rcv_skb\u002B0x62/0x180 [  656.387638]  genl_rcv\u002B0x34/0x60 [  656.387874]  netlink_unicast\u002B0x26d/0x590 [  656.388162]  netlink_sendmsg\u002B0x398/0x6c0 [  656.388451]  ? netlink_rcv_skb\u002B0x180/0x180 [  656.388750]  ____sys_sendmsg\u002B0x1da/0x320 [  656.389038]  ? ____sys_recvmsg\u002B0x130/0x220 [  656.389334]  ___sys_sendmsg\u002B0x8e/0xf0 [  656.389605]  ? ___sys_recvmsg\u002B0xa2/0xf0 [  656.389889]  ? handle_mm_fault\u002B0x1671/0x21d0 [  656.390201]  __sys_sendmsg\u002B0x6d/0xe0 [  656.390464]  __x64_sys_sendmsg\u002B0x23/0x30 [  656.390751]  do_syscall_64\u002B0x45/0x70 [  656.391017]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe\u002B0x44/0xa9  To fix it, just add if (nbd-\u003Erecv_workq) to nbd_disconnect_and_put().",
  "published": "2024-02-28T09:15:37Z",
  "severity": "medium",
  "cvss": 5.5,
  "cvssVector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
  "epss": 0.0025,
  "epssPercentile": 0.16376,
  "priority": "Routine",
  "priorityTier": 4,
  "exploited": false,
  "vendorExploited": false,
  "disclosed": false,
  "fixes": [
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "linux",
      "release": "Debian 12.15 (bookworm)",
      "fixedVersion": "5.10.38-1",
      "fix": "DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46981",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/debian-cve-2021-46981",
      "released": "2024-02-28T09:15:37Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "linux",
      "release": "Debian 13.5 (trixie)",
      "fixedVersion": "5.10.38-1",
      "fix": "DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46981",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/debian-cve-2021-46981",
      "released": "2024-02-28T09:15:37Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "linux",
      "release": "Debian 14",
      "fixedVersion": "5.10.38-1",
      "fix": "DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46981",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/debian-cve-2021-46981",
      "released": "2024-02-28T09:15:37Z"
    }
  ],
  "noFixYet": [],
  "dataAsOf": "2026-11-09T13:31:49Z",
  "attribution": {
    "text": "Data: Patchblox Patch Radar",
    "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar",
    "terms": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar/use-the-data"
  }
}