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TI-2021-22129 Aliases CVE-2021-47476GHSA-c84w-j8mj-57ch

comedi: ni_usb6501: fix NULL-deref in command paths

Priority LOW 21CWE-476Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Physical
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-476.

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: comedi: ni_usb6501: fix NULL-deref in command paths The driver uses endpoint-sized USB transfer buffers but had no sanity checks on the sizes. This can lead to zero-size-pointer dereferences or overflowed transfer buffers in ni6501_port_command() and ni6501_counter_command() if a (malicious) device has smaller max-packet sizes than expected (or when doing descriptor fuzz testing). Add the missing sanity checks to probe().

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00388 33rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Linux (Linux): 4.4.292, 4.9.290, 4.14.255 +6

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LinuxLinux3.18 and later4.4.292, 4.9.290, 4.14.255, 4.19.217, 5.4.159, 5.10.79, 5.14.18, 5.15.2, 5.16Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 3.18 and later Fixed in 4.4.292, 4.9.290, 4.14.255, 4.19.217, 5.4.159, 5.10.79, 5.14.18, 5.15.2, 5.16 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.18 to before 4.4.292; 4.5 to before 4.9.290; 4.10 to before 4.14.255; 4.15 to before 4.19.217; 4.20 to before 5.4.159; 5.5 to before 5.10.79; 5.11 to before 5.14.18; 5.15 to before 5.15.2VulnerableLinux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.18 to before 4.4.292; 4.5 to before 4.9.290; 4.10 to before 4.14.255; 4.15 to before 4.19.217; 4.20 to before 5.4.159; 5.5 to before 5.10.79; 5.11 to before 5.14.18; 5.15 to before 5.15.2 Vulnerable ·Linux

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 4.4.292, 4.9.290, 4.14.255, 4.19.217, 5.4.159, 5.10.79, 5.14.18, 5.15.2, 5.16

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 4 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-47476
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c84w-j8mj-57ch

References

Patch 9

  • TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2021-05514 Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
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