CVE-2021-47485

unknown
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-47485

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-47485.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed5.15.3-1
debian debianbullseyefixed5.10.84-1
debian debianforkyfixed5.15.3-1
debian debiansidfixed5.15.3-1
debian debiantrixiefixed5.15.3-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.