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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2021-47402" idYear: 2021 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2024-05-21T15:03:56.690Z" updatedAt: "2026-08-05T08:47:42.173Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:56:36.661Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2021-47402" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2021-47402.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47402" title: "net: sched: flower: protect fl_walk() with rcu" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: sched: flower: protect fl_walk() with rcu\n\nPatch that refactored fl_walk() to use idr_for_each_entry_continue_ul()\nalso removed rcu protection of individual filters which causes following\nuse-after-free when filter is deleted concurrently. Fix fl_walk() to obtain\nrcu read lock while iterating and taking the filter reference and temporary\nrelease the lock while calling arg-\u003efn() callback that can sleep.\n\nKASAN trace:\n\n[ 352.773640] ==================================================================\n[ 352.775041] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in fl_walk+0x159/0x240 [cls_flower]\n[ 352.776304] Read of size 4 at addr ffff8881c8251480 by task tc/2987\n\n[ 352.777862] CPU: 3 PID: 2987 Comm: tc Not tainted 5.15.0-rc2+ #2\n[ 352.778980] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014\n[ 352.781022] Call Trace:\n[ 352.781573] dump_stack_lvl+0x46/0x5a\n[ 352.782332] print_address_description.constprop.0+0x1f/0x140\n[ 352.783400] ? fl_walk+0x159/0x240 [cls_flower]\n[ 352.784292] ? fl_walk+0x159/0x240 [cls_flower]\n[ 352.785138] kasan_report.cold+0x83/0xdf\n[ 352.785851] ? fl_walk+0x159/0x240 [cls_flower]\n[ 352.786587] kasan_check_range+0x145/0x1a0\n[ 352.787337] fl_walk+0x159/0x240 [cls_flower]\n[ 352.788163] ? fl_put+0x10/0x10 [cls_flower]\n[ 352.789007] ? __mutex_unlock_slowpath.constprop.0+0x220/0x220\n[ 352.790102] tcf_chain_dump+0x231/0x450\n[ 352.790878] ? tcf_chain_tp_delete_empty+0x170/0x170\n[ 352.791833] ? __might_sleep+0x2e/0xc0\n[ 352.792594] ? tfilter_notify+0x170/0x170\n[ 352.793400] ? __mutex_unlock_slowpath.constprop.0+0x220/0x220\n[ 352.794477] tc_dump_tfilter+0x385/0x4b0\n[ 352.795262] ? tc_new_tfilter+0x1180/0x1180\n[ 352.796103] ? __mod_node_page_state+0x1f/0xc0\n[ 352.796974] ? __build_skb_around+0x10e/0x130\n[ 352.797826] netlink_dump+0x2c0/0x560\n[ 352.798563] ? netlink_getsockopt+0x430/0x430\n[ 352.799433] ? __mutex_unlock_slowpath.constprop.0+0x220/0x220\n[ 352.800542] __netlink_dump_start+0x356/0x440\n[ 352.801397] rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x3ff/0x550\n[ 352.802190] ? tc_new_tfilter+0x1180/0x1180\n[ 352.802872] ? rtnl_calcit.isra.0+0x1f0/0x1f0\n[ 352.803668] ? tc_new_tfilter+0x1180/0x1180\n[ 352.804344] ? _copy_from_iter_nocache+0x800/0x800\n[ 352.805202] ? kasan_set_track+0x1c/0x30\n[ 352.805900] netlink_rcv_skb+0xc6/0x1f0\n[ 352.806587] ? rht_deferred_worker+0x6b0/0x6b0\n[ 352.807455] ? rtnl_calcit.isra.0+0x1f0/0x1f0\n[ 352.808324] ? netlink_ack+0x4d0/0x4d0\n[ 352.809086] ? netlink_deliver_tap+0x62/0x3d0\n[ 352.809951] netlink_unicast+0x353/0x480\n[ 352.810744] ? netlink_attachskb+0x430/0x430\n[ 352.811586] ? __alloc_skb+0xd7/0x200\n[ 352.812349] netlink_sendmsg+0x396/0x680\n[ 352.813132] ? netlink_unicast+0x480/0x480\n[ 352.813952] ? __import_iovec+0x192/0x210\n[ 352.814759] ? netlink_unicast+0x480/0x480\n[ 352.815580] sock_sendmsg+0x6c/0x80\n[ 352.816299] ____sys_sendmsg+0x3a5/0x3c0\n[ 352.817096] ? kernel_sendmsg+0x30/0x30\n[ 352.817873] ? __ia32_sys_recvmmsg+0x150/0x150\n[ 352.818753] ___sys_sendmsg+0xd8/0x140\n[ 352.819518] ? sendmsg_copy_msghdr+0x110/0x110\n[ 352.820402] ? ___sys_recvmsg+0xf4/0x1a0\n[ 352.821110] ? __copy_msghdr_from_user+0x260/0x260\n[ 352.821934] ? _raw_spin_lock+0x81/0xd0\n[ 352.822680] ? __handle_mm_fault+0xef3/0x1b20\n[ 352.823549] ? rb_insert_color+0x2a/0x270\n[ 352.824373] ? copy_page_range+0x16b0/0x16b0\n[ 352.825209] ? perf_event_update_userpage+0x2d0/0x2d0\n[ 352.826190] ? __fget_light+0xd9/0xf0\n[ 352.826941] __sys_sendmsg+0xb3/0x130\n[ 352.827613] ? __sys_sendmsg_sock+0x20/0x20\n[ 352.828377] ? do_user_addr_fault+0x2c5/0x8a0\n[ 352.829184] ? fpregs_assert_state_consistent+0x52/0x60\n[ 352.830001] ? exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x32/0x160\n[ 352.830845] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80\n[ 352.831445] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae\n[ 352.832331] RIP: 0033:0x7f7bee973c17\n[ \n---truncated---" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"d39d714969cda5cbda291402c8c6b1fb1047f42e","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"694b0cee7f8546b69a80996a29cb3cf4149c0453"},{"version":"d39d714969cda5cbda291402c8c6b1fb1047f42e","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"d0d520c19e7ea19ed38dc5797b12397b6ccf9f88"},{"version":"d39d714969cda5cbda291402c8c6b1fb1047f42e","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"dab4677bdbffa5c8270e79e34e51c89efa0728a0"},{"version":"d39d714969cda5cbda291402c8c6b1fb1047f42e","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"d5ef190693a7d76c5c192d108e8dec48307b46ee"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.3","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.3"},{"version":"5.4.151","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.4.*"},{"version":"5.10.71","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.14.10","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.14.*"},{"version":"5.15","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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