Vulnerability in Linux
CVE-2021-47293
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: act_skbmod: Skip non-Ethernet packets Currently tcf_skbmod_act() assumes that packets use Ethernet as their L2 protocol, which is not always the case. As an example, for CAN devices: $ ip link add dev vcan0 type vcan $ ip link set up vcan0 $ tc qdisc add dev vcan0 root handle 1: htb $ tc filter add dev vcan0 parent 1: protocol ip prio 10 \ matchall action skbmod swap mac Doing the above silently corrupts all the packets. Do not perform skbmod actions for non-Ethernet packets.
EPSS: 0.002 (14.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Linux — versions 86da71b57383d40993cb90baafb3735cffe5d800, 4.9, 0
- Linux Linux_kernel — versions 5.14
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-47293?
- CVE-2021-47293 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-05-21.
- How severe is CVE-2021-47293?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.