net/sched: sch_ets: don't remove idle classes from the round-robin list
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 3 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: sch_ets: don't remove idle classes from the round-robin list Shuang reported that the following script: 1) tc qdisc add dev ddd0 handle 10: parent 1: ets bands 8 strict 4 priomap 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 2) mausezahn ddd0 -A 10.10.10.1 -B 10.10.10.2 -c 0 -a own -b 00:c1:a0:c1:a0:00 -t udp & 3) tc qdisc change dev ddd0 handle 10: ets bands 4 strict 2 quanta 2500 2500 priomap 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 crashes systematically when line 2) is commented: list_del corruption, ffff8e028404bd30->next is LIST_POISON1 (dead000000000100) ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:47! invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI CPU: 0 PID: 954 Comm: tc Not tainted 5.16.0-rc4+ #478 Hardware name: Red Hat KVM, BIOS 1.11.1-4.module+el8.1.0+4066+0f1aadab 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:__list_del_entry_valid.cold.1+0x12/0x47 Code: fe ff 0f 0b 48 89 c1 4c 89 c6 48 c7 c7 08 42 1b 87 e8 1d c5 fe ff 0f 0b 48 89 fe 48 89 c2 48 c7 c7 98 42 1b 87 e8 09 c5 fe ff <0f> 0b 48 c7 c7 48 43 1b 87 e8 fb c4 fe ff 0f 0b 48 89 f2 48 89 fe RSP: 0018:ffffae46807a3888 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 000000000000004e RBX: 0000000000000007 RCX: 0000000000000202 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff871ac536 RDI: 00000000ffffffff RBP: ffffae46807a3a10 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: c0000000ffff7fff R10: 0000000000000001 R11: ffffae46807a36a8 R12: ffff8e028404b800 R13: ffff8e028404bd30 R14: dead000000000100 R15: ffff8e02fafa2400 FS: 00007efdc92e4480(0000) GS:ffff8e02fb600000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000682f48 CR3: 00000001058be000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0 Call Trace: <TASK> ets_qdisc_change+0x58b/0xa70 [sch_ets] tc_modify_qdisc+0x323/0x880 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x169/0x4a0 netlink_rcv_skb+0x50/0x100 netlink_unicast+0x1a5/0x280 netlink_sendmsg+0x257/0x4d0 sock_sendmsg+0x5b/0x60 ____sys_sendmsg+0x1f2/0x260 ___sys_sendmsg+0x7c/0xc0 __sys_sendmsg+0x57/0xa0 do_syscall_64+0x3a/0x80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae RIP: 0033:0x7efdc8031338 Code: 89 02 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff eb b5 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 48 8d 05 25 43 2c 00 8b 00 85 c0 75 17 b8 2e 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 58 c3 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 41 54 41 89 d4 55 RSP: 002b:00007ffdf1ce9828 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000061b37a97 RCX: 00007efdc8031338 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00007ffdf1ce9890 RDI: 0000000000000003 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 000000000078a940 R10: 000000000000000c R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000001 R13: 0000000000688880 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 </TASK> Modules linked in: sch_ets sch_tbf dummy rfkill iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common joydev pcspkr i2c_i801 virtio_balloon i2c_smbus lpc_ich ip_tables xfs libcrc32c crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul crc32c_intel serio_raw ghash_clmulni_intel ahci libahci libata virtio_blk virtio_console virtio_net net_failover failover sunrpc dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod [last unloaded: sch_ets] ---[ end trace f35878d1912655c2 ]--- RIP: 0010:__list_del_entry_valid.cold.1+0x12/0x47 Code: fe ff 0f 0b 48 89 c1 4c 89 c6 48 c7 c7 08 42 1b 87 e8 1d c5 fe ff 0f 0b 48 89 fe 48 89 c2 48 c7 c7 98 42 1b 87 e8 09 c5 fe ff <0f> 0b 48 c7 c7 48 43 1b 87 e8 fb c4 fe ff 0f 0b 48 89 f2 48 89 fe RSP: 0018:ffffae46807a3888 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 000000000000004e RBX: 0000000000000007 RCX: 0000000000000202 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff871ac536 RDI: 00000000ffffffff RBP: ffffae46807a3a10 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: c0000000ffff7fff R10: 0000000000000001 R11: ffffae46807a36a8 R12: ffff8e028404b800 R13: ffff8e028404bd30 R14: dead000000000100 R15: ffff8e02fafa2400 FS: 00007efdc92e4480(0000) GS:ffff8e02fb600000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 000000000 ---truncated---
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.88, 5.15.11
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-47595
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7jvp-hvfw-w5mc
References
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Sources
- CVE-2021-47595 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-47595 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7jvp-hvfw-w5mc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2021-47595 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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