{
  "cveId": "CVE-2021-47078",
  "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-47078",
  "summary": "CVE-2021-47078 is fixed in linux on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47078, released March 1, 2024. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.",
  "title": "linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  RDMA/rxe: Clear all QP fields if creation failed...",
  "description": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  RDMA/rxe: Clear all QP fields if creation failed  rxe_qp_do_cleanup() relies on valid pointer values in QP for the properly created ones, but in case rxe_qp_from_init() failed it was filled with garbage and caused tot the following error.    refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free.   WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 12560 at lib/refcount.c:28 refcount_warn_saturate\u002B0x1d1/0x1e0 lib/refcount.c:28   Modules linked in:   CPU: 1 PID: 12560 Comm: syz-executor.4 Not tainted 5.12.0-syzkaller #0   Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011   RIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate\u002B0x1d1/0x1e0 lib/refcount.c:28   Code: e9 db fe ff ff 48 89 df e8 2c c2 ea fd e9 8a fe ff ff e8 72 6a a7 fd 48 c7 c7 e0 b2 c1 89 c6 05 dc 3a e6 09 01 e8 ee 74 fb 04 \u003C0f\u003E 0b e9 af fe ff ff 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 41 56 41 55 41 54 55   RSP: 0018:ffffc900097ceba8 EFLAGS: 00010286   RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000   RDX: 0000000000040000 RSI: ffffffff815bb075 RDI: fffff520012f9d67   RBP: 0000000000000003 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000   R10: ffffffff815b4eae R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff8880322a4800   R13: ffff8880322a4940 R14: ffff888033044e00 R15: 0000000000000000   FS:  00007f6eb2be3700(0000) GS:ffff8880b9d00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000   CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033   CR2: 00007fdbe5d41000 CR3: 000000001d181000 CR4: 00000000001506e0   DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000   DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400   Call Trace:    __refcount_sub_and_test include/linux/refcount.h:283 [inline]    __refcount_dec_and_test include/linux/refcount.h:315 [inline]    refcount_dec_and_test include/linux/refcount.h:333 [inline]    kref_put include/linux/kref.h:64 [inline]    rxe_qp_do_cleanup\u002B0x96f/0xaf0 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_qp.c:805    execute_in_process_context\u002B0x37/0x150 kernel/workqueue.c:3327    rxe_elem_release\u002B0x9f/0x180 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_pool.c:391    kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline]    rxe_create_qp\u002B0x2cd/0x310 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c:425    _ib_create_qp drivers/infiniband/core/core_priv.h:331 [inline]    ib_create_named_qp\u002B0x2ad/0x1370 drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c:1231    ib_create_qp include/rdma/ib_verbs.h:3644 [inline]    create_mad_qp\u002B0x177/0x2d0 drivers/infiniband/core/mad.c:2920    ib_mad_port_open drivers/infiniband/core/mad.c:3001 [inline]    ib_mad_init_device\u002B0xd6f/0x1400 drivers/infiniband/core/mad.c:3092    add_client_context\u002B0x405/0x5e0 drivers/infiniband/core/device.c:717    enable_device_and_get\u002B0x1cd/0x3b0 drivers/infiniband/core/device.c:1331    ib_register_device drivers/infiniband/core/device.c:1413 [inline]    ib_register_device\u002B0x7c7/0xa50 drivers/infiniband/core/device.c:1365    rxe_register_device\u002B0x3d5/0x4a0 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c:1147    rxe_add\u002B0x12fe/0x16d0 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c:247    rxe_net_add\u002B0x8c/0xe0 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c:503    rxe_newlink drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c:269 [inline]    rxe_newlink\u002B0xb7/0xe0 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c:250    nldev_newlink\u002B0x30e/0x550 drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c:1555    rdma_nl_rcv_msg\u002B0x36d/0x690 drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c:195    rdma_nl_rcv_skb drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c:239 [inline]    rdma_nl_rcv\u002B0x2ee/0x430 drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c:259    netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1312 [inline]    netlink_unicast\u002B0x533/0x7d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1338    netlink_sendmsg\u002B0x856/0xd90 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1927    sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:654 [inline]    sock_sendmsg\u002B0xcf/0x120 net/socket.c:674    ____sys_sendmsg\u002B0x6e8/0x810 net/socket.c:2350    ___sys_sendmsg\u002B0xf3/0x170 net/socket.c:2404    __sys_sendmsg\u002B0xe5/0x1b0 net/socket.c:2433    do_syscall_64\u002B0x3a/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:47    entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe\u002B0 ---truncated---",
  "published": "2024-03-01T22:15:47Z",
  "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",
  "epss": 0.00283,
  "epssPercentile": 0.20983,
  "priority": "High",
  "priorityTier": 3,
  "exploited": false,
  "vendorExploited": false,
  "disclosed": false,
  "fixes": [
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "linux",
      "release": "Debian 12.15 (bookworm)",
      "fixedVersion": "5.10.40-1",
      "fix": "DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47078",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/debian-cve-2021-47078",
      "released": "2024-03-01T22:15:47Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "linux",
      "release": "Debian 13.5 (trixie)",
      "fixedVersion": "5.10.40-1",
      "fix": "DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47078",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/debian-cve-2021-47078",
      "released": "2024-03-01T22:15:47Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "linux",
      "release": "Debian 14",
      "fixedVersion": "5.10.40-1",
      "fix": "DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47078",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/debian-cve-2021-47078",
      "released": "2024-03-01T22:15:47Z"
    }
  ],
  "noFixYet": [],
  "dataAsOf": "2026-11-09T01:18:40Z",
  "attribution": {
    "text": "Data: Patchblox Patch Radar",
    "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar",
    "terms": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar/use-the-data"
  }
}