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TI-2021-22260 Aliases CVE-2021-47617GHSA-r68c-p976-5jmg

PCI: pciehp: Fix infinite loop in IRQ handler upon power fault

Priority LOW 24CWE-835Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-835.

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI: pciehp: Fix infinite loop in IRQ handler upon power fault The Power Fault Detected bit in the Slot Status register differs from all other hotplug events in that it is sticky: It can only be cleared after turning off slot power. Per PCIe r5.0, sec. 6.7.1.8: If a power controller detects a main power fault on the hot-plug slot, it must automatically set its internal main power fault latch [...]. The main power fault latch is cleared when software turns off power to the hot-plug slot. The stickiness used to cause interrupt storms and infinite loops which were fixed in 2009 by commits 5651c48cfafe ("PCI pciehp: fix power fault interrupt storm problem") and 99f0169c17f3 ("PCI: pciehp: enable software notification on empty slots"). Unfortunately in 2020 the infinite loop issue was inadvertently reintroduced by commit 8edf5332c393 ("PCI: pciehp: Fix MSI interrupt race"): The hardirq handler pciehp_isr() clears the PFD bit until pciehp's power_fault_detected flag is set. That happens in the IRQ thread pciehp_ist(), which never learns of the event because the hardirq handler is stuck in an infinite loop. Fix by setting the power_fault_detected flag already in the hardirq handler.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0021 11th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 4.19.233, 5.4.177, 5.10.97 +3Red Hat: 4 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

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Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LinuxLinux4.19.149 to before 4.19.233; 5.4.69 to before 5.4.1774.19.233, 5.4.177Patch availableCNA
LinuxLinux5.7 and later4.19.233, 5.4.177, 5.10.97, 5.15.20, 5.16.6, 5.17Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 4.19.149 to before 4.19.233; 5.4.69 to before 5.4.177 Fixed in 4.19.233, 5.4.177 Patch available CNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 5.7 and later Fixed in 4.19.233, 5.4.177, 5.10.97, 5.15.20, 5.16.6, 5.17 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.19.149 to before 4.19.233; 5.4.69 to before 5.4.177; 5.7 to before 5.10.97; 5.11 to before 5.15.20; 5.16 to before 5.16.6VulnerableLinux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.19.149 to before 4.19.233; 5.4.69 to before 5.4.177; 5.7 to before 5.10.97; 5.11 to before 5.15.20; 5.16 to before 5.16.6 Vulnerable ·Linux

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 4.19.233, 5.4.177
  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 4.19.233, 5.4.177, 5.10.97, 5.15.20, 5.16.6, 5.17

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9AffectedNo fix yet

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-47617
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r68c-p976-5jmg

References

  • 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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