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CVE-2021-47432
lib/generic-radix-tree.c: Don't overflow in peek()
Medium5.5EPSS 0.25%
- Published
- Updated
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- Linux
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: lib/generic-radix-tree.c: Don't overflow in peek() When we started spreading new inode numbers throughout most of the 64 bit inode space, that triggered some corner case bugs, in particular some integer overflows related to the radix tree code. Oops.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.25% · top 83% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
- CWE-noinfo Not enough information
- CWE-190 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-190 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected ba20ba2e3743bac786dff777954c11930256075e – < 784d01f9bbc282abb0c5ade5beb98a87f50343ac
- affected ba20ba2e3743bac786dff777954c11930256075e – < ec298b958cb0c40d70c68079da933c8f31c5134c
- affected ba20ba2e3743bac786dff777954c11930256075e – < aa7f1827953100cdde0795289a80c6c077bfe437
- affected ba20ba2e3743bac786dff777954c11930256075e – < 9492261ff2460252cf2d8de89cdf854c7e2b28a0
- affected 5.1
- unaffected < 5.1
- unaffected 6.1.64 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.5.13 – ≤ 6.5.*
- unaffected 6.6.3 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.7 – ≤ *
References (4)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/784d01f9bbc282abb0c5ade5beb98a87f50343ac (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec298b958cb0c40d70c68079da933c8f31c5134c (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa7f1827953100cdde0795289a80c6c077bfe437 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9492261ff2460252cf2d8de89cdf854c7e2b28a0 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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