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Full vulnerability report · 2024
CVE-2021-47485High confidence

IB/qib: Protect from buffer overflow in struct qib_user_sdma_pkt fields

Linux · Linux

7.8HighCVSS 3.1
Recommended action
Within 7 days

High technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Patch available
Distribution package intelligence

Ubuntu vendor package status

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1 package state
Repository candidate not checked

A published vendor fix does not prove that a matching update is enabled and installable on a particular asset. Confirm the local package candidate before scheduling remediation.

Ubuntu releaseSource packageVendor stateFixed versionEvidence
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-raspi-realtimeAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical record ↗Source updated 10 Sept 2026
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Official European source

ENISA European Vulnerability Database

Official EUVD identifiers, advisory evidence and known-exploited context. Missing fields are not treated as evidence of low risk.

1 current
ENISA EUVD identifier

EUVD-2021-34490

No EUVD known-exploited evidence

ENISA has published the identifier mapping but no EUVD description has been stored yet.

EUVD state
Present in the current official mapping
Known exploitation
Not present in the current ENISA EUVD known-exploited dataset. This is not proof of no exploitation.
ENISA score
Not supplied in the stored EUVD record
Advisory evidence
No linked advisory details stored yet
Recommended actionWithin 7 days

High technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Patch available
01

What, why and how

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: IB/qib: Protect from buffer overflow in struct qib_user_sdma_pkt fields Overflowing either addrlimit or bytes_togo can allow userspace to trigger a buffer overflow of kernel memory. Check for overflows in all the places doing math on user controlled buffers.

What

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: IB/qib: Protect from buffer overflow in struct qib_user_sdma_pkt fields Overflowing either addrlimit or bytes_togo can allow userspace to trigger a buffer overflow of kernel memory. Check for overflows in all the places doing math on user controlled buffers.

Why

The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.

What

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: IB/qib: Protect from buffer overflow in struct qib_user_sdma_pkt fields Overflowing either addrlimit or bytes_togo can allow userspace to trigger a buffer overflow of kernel memory. Check for overflows in all the places doing math on user controlled buffers.

Why

The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.

02

Exploit reality and attack path

CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.

Observed exploitation
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
No confirmed evidence

No CISA KEV match was present at the last successful refresh. This means no confirmation from that source, not proof of no exploitation.

Public PoC / exploit material
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
None recorded

No exploit-tagged reference or CISA SSVC proof-of-concept state is currently recorded. Research may still exist outside the structured feeds.

Likely attack path
local access → Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') → cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor
Attack surface
Local
Privileges required
Low: a basic authenticated account is required
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low: no specialised conditions are recorded
Security boundary
Unchanged: impact remains within the vulnerable component's security authority
Weakness
?CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration: a standard category for the underlying weakness.
CWE-120

CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow'). The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.

CVSS vector
?CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Common Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.

AVLocalAttack vector: The attacker needs local access to the vulnerable system.ACLowAttack complexity: No specialised conditions are required beyond attacker-controlled input.PRLowPrivileges required: The attacker needs basic user-level privileges.UINoneUser interaction: No action by another user is required.SUnchangedScope: The security impact remains within the vulnerable component's authority.CHighConfidentiality impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.IHighIntegrity impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.AHighAvailability impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.
Post-exploitation / living off the land
The issue can support a local privilege or sandbox boundary transition; normal system utilities may then be available in the gained context.
CWE-120
A

Official authority intelligence

Only matched European and national findings are included. Language selectors and unavailable sources are omitted.

BSI · German · WID-SEC-W-2024-1197Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of Service und unspezifische Angriffe

Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen im Linux-Kernel ausnutzen, um einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu erzeugen oder unspezifische Angriffe durchzuführen.

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2026-AVI-0106Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu

ation Bulletin de sécurité Ubuntu LSN-0117-1 du 29 janvier 2026 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/LSN-0117-1 Bulletin de sécurité Ubuntu USN-7986-1 du 29 janvier 2026 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7986-1 Bulletin de sécurité Ubuntu USN-7987-1 du 29 janvier 2026 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7987-1 Bulletin de sécurité Ubuntu USN-7987-2 du 29 janvier 2026 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7987-2 Bulletin de sécurité Ubuntu USN-7988-1 du 29 janvier 2026 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7988-1 Bulletin de sécurité Ubuntu USN-7988-2 du 29 janvier 2026 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7988-2 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47485 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47485 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48986 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48986 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49026 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49026 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49390 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49390 Référence CVE CVE-2024-26689 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-26689 Référence CVE CVE-2024-27078 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-27078 Référence CVE CVE-2024-46827 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-46827 Référence CVE CVE-2024-49959 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49959 Référence CVE CVE-2024-50090 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2025-AVI-0529Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

d?id=CVE-2021-47240 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47246 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47246 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47252 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47252 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47255 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47255 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47260 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47260 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47288 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47288 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47296 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47296 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47314 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47314 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47315 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47315 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47485 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47485 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47500 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47500 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47511 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47511 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47670 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47670 Référence CVE CVE-2022-3564 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3564 Référence CVE CVE-2022-3619 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3619 Référence CVE CVE-2022-3640 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3640 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48704 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48704 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48875 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-20

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2024-AVI-0526Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

d?id=CVE-2021-47476 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47477 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47477 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47478 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47478 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47479 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47479 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47480 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47480 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47481 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47481 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47482 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47482 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47483 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47483 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47484 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47484 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47485 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47485 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47486 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47486 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47488 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47488 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47489 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47489 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47490 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47490 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47491 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47491 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47492 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47492 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47493 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47493 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47494 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2024-AVI-0496Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

d?id=CVE-2021-47476 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47477 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47477 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47478 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47478 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47479 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47479 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47480 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47480 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47481 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47481 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47482 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47482 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47483 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47483 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47484 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47484 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47485 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47485 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47486 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47486 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47488 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47488 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47489 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47489 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47490 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47490 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47491 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47491 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47492 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47492 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47493 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47493 Référence CVE CVE-2021-47494 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory
03

Patch and workaround

Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.

Status
?Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Patch available
Affected
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Fixed
< 2.6.35; 4.4.292 ≤ 4.4.*; 4.9.290 ≤ 4.9.*; 4.14.255 ≤ 4.14.*; 4.19.216 ≤ 4.19.*; 5.4.157 ≤ 5.4.*; 5.10.77 ≤ 5.10.*; 5.14.16 ≤ 5.14.*
Action
Review the linked authoritative reference and apply the recorded fixed release appropriate to the affected product branch.
Workaround
No verified workaround is recorded. Limit untrusted access and use least privilege until authoritative guidance is available.
04

Evidence and provenance

Published 22 May 2024 · Last source change 5 Aug 2026, 08:48 UTC · CWE-120 · Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CVE recordCVE.org · 5.2
CVSS sourceCNA
EPSS source
?The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.
FIRST · tracked since 2026-08-14
European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2021-34490
Product sourceCNA
Remediation sourceCVE/CNA references
CWE sourceNIST NVD
NVD statusNVD modified after enrichment

Core structured fields are present and their contributing authorities are shown above.

Material change intelligence

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No material field changes have been recorded since change tracking began. Routine source refreshes and cosmetic edits are intentionally excluded.

Material fields only · duplicate refreshes suppressed · history retained for the configured operational retention period
Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
CWE
Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
CNA
CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
CISA ADP
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
NVD
National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
CERT / CSIRT
A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
PoC
Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
CSAF
Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
LoTL
Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.
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