CVE-2021-47124 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2021-47124

io_uring: fix link timeout refs

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring: fix link timeout refs WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 10242 at lib/refcount.c:28 refcount_warn_saturate+0x15b/0x1a0 lib/refcount.c:28 RIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0x15b/0x1a0 lib/refcount.c:28 Call Trace: __refcount_sub_and_test include/linux/refcount.h:283 [inline] __refcount_dec_and_test include/linux/refcount.h:315 [inline] refcount_dec_and_test include/linux/refcount.h:333 [inline] io_put_req fs/io_uring.c:2140 [inline] io_queue_linked_timeout fs/io_uring.c:6300 [inline] __io_queue_sqe+0xbef/0xec0 fs/io_uring.c:6354 io_submit_sqe fs/io_uring.c:6534 [inline] io_submit_sqes+0x2bbd/0x7c50 fs/io_uring.c:6660 __do_sys_io_uring_enter fs/io_uring.c:9240 [inline] __se_sys_io_uring_enter+0x256/0x1d60 fs/io_uring.c:9182 io_link_timeout_fn() should put only one reference of the linked timeout request, however in case of racing with the master request's completion first io_req_complete() puts one and then io_put_req_deferred() is called.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
1c20e9040f49687ba2ccc2ffd4411351a6c2ebff, 9ae1f8dd372e0e4c020b345cf9e09f519265e981, 567c81912cec641db75ac6cb64c63f8367c97d19, 5.10.26, 5.11.6, 5.12, 0, 5.10.43, 5.10.55, 5.12.10, 5.12.19, 5.13

Timeline

Official Publish: March 15th, 2024
Last Modified: May 23rd, 2026
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.