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Unscored CVE-2021-47100 EUVD-2021-33748GHSA-f84q-355v-4ww3

ipmi: Fix UAF when uninstall ipmi_si and ipmi_msghandler module

Published Mar 4, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ipmi: Fix UAF when uninstall ipmi_si and ipmi_msghandler module

Hi,

When testing install and uninstall of ipmi_si.ko and ipmi_msghandler.ko,
the system crashed.

The log as follows:
[ 141.087026] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffffffc09b3a5a
[ 141.087241] PGD 8fe4c0d067 P4D 8fe4c0d067 PUD 8fe4c0f067 PMD 103ad89067 PTE 0
[ 141.087464] Oops: 0010 [#1] SMP NOPTI
[ 141.087580] CPU: 67 PID: 668 Comm: kworker/67:1 Kdump: loaded Not tainted 4.18.0.x86_64 #47
[ 141.088009] Workqueue: events 0xffffffffc09b3a40
[ 141.088009] RIP: 0010:0xffffffffc09b3a5a
[ 141.088009] Code: Bad RIP value.
[ 141.088009] RSP: 0018:ffffb9094e2c3e88 EFLAGS: 00010246
[ 141.088009] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff9abfdb1f04a0 RCX: 0000000000000000
[ 141.088009] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000246 RDI: 0000000000000246
[ 141.088009] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffff9abfffee3cb8 R09: 00000000000002e1
[ 141.088009] R10: ffffb9094cb73d90 R11: 00000000000f4240 R12: ffff9abfffee8700
[ 141.088009] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff9abfdb1f04a0 R15: ffff9abfdb1f04a8
[ 141.088009] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9abfffec0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 141.088009] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 141.088009] CR2: ffffffffc09b3a30 CR3: 0000008fe4c0a001 CR4: 00000000007606e0
[ 141.088009] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[ 141.088009] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[ 141.088009] PKRU: 55555554
[ 141.088009] Call Trace:
[ 141.088009] ? process_one_work+0x195/0x390
[ 141.088009] ? worker_thread+0x30/0x390
[ 141.088009] ? process_one_work+0x390/0x390
[ 141.088009] ? kthread+0x10d/0x130
[ 141.088009] ? kthread_flush_work_fn+0x10/0x10
[ 141.088009] ? ret_from_fork+0x35/0x40] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffffffc0b28a5a
[ 200.223240] PGD 97fe00d067 P4D 97fe00d067 PUD 97fe00f067 PMD a580cbf067 PTE 0
[ 200.223464] Oops: 0010 [#1] SMP NOPTI
[ 200.223579] CPU: 63 PID: 664 Comm: kworker/63:1 Kdump: loaded Not tainted 4.18.0.x86_64 #46
[ 200.224008] Workqueue: events 0xffffffffc0b28a40
[ 200.224008] RIP: 0010:0xffffffffc0b28a5a
[ 200.224008] Code: Bad RIP value.
[ 200.224008] RSP: 0018:ffffbf3c8e2a3e88 EFLAGS: 00010246
[ 200.224008] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffa0799ad6bca0 RCX: 0000000000000000
[ 200.224008] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000246 RDI: 0000000000000246
[ 200.224008] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffff9fe43fde3cb8 R09: 00000000000000d5
[ 200.224008] R10: ffffbf3c8cb53d90 R11: 00000000000f4240 R12: ffff9fe43fde8700
[ 200.224008] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffffa0799ad6bca0 R15: ffffa0799ad6bca8
[ 200.224008] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9fe43fdc0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 200.224008] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 200.224008] CR2: ffffffffc0b28a30 CR3: 00000097fe00a002 CR4: 00000000007606e0
[ 200.224008] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[ 200.224008] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[ 200.224008] PKRU: 55555554
[ 200.224008] Call Trace:
[ 200.224008] ? process_one_work+0x195/0x390
[ 200.224008] ? worker_thread+0x30/0x390
[ 200.224008] ? process_one_work+0x390/0x390
[ 200.224008] ? kthread+0x10d/0x130
[ 200.224008] ? kthread_flush_work_fn+0x10/0x10
[ 200.224008] ? ret_from_fork+0x35/0x40
[ 200.224008] kernel fault(0x1) notification starting on CPU 63
[ 200.224008] kernel fault(0x1) notification finished on CPU 63
[ 200.224008] CR2: ffffffffc0b28a5a
[ 200.224008] ---[ end trace c82a412d93f57412 ]---

The reason is as follows:
T1: rmmod ipmi_si.
->ipmi_unregister_smi()
-> ipmi_bmc_unregister()
-> __ipmi_bmc_unregister()
-> kref_put(&bmc->usecount, cleanup_bmc_device);
-> schedule_work(&bmc->remove_work);

T2: rmmod ipmi_msghandl
---truncated---

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 4.15 4.19.223

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 5.15.15-1 —
Debian 13 linux 5.15.15-1 —
Debian 12 linux 5.15.15-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +22 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-105.119 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1069.73 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1073.76 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1032.35 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1068.72 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +26 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.4.0-1037.38 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1018.20 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1059.62 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1067.72 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1056.63 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1069.73~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1073.76~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1068.72~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-105.119~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1018.20~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1067.72~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1056.63~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1069.73+fips2 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1073.76+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1046.52 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1067.71~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux +5 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-gcp +4 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-azure No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150500.55.59.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1480-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1490-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.59.1.150500.6.25.7 SUSE-SU-2024:1480-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150400.24.116.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.116.1.150400.24.54.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
SLES 15 SP3 kernel-64kb +7 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
SLES 15 SP3 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1.150300.18.92.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-azure +2 4.12.14-16.182.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1643-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-docs +4 4.12.14-122.216.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1870-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.116.1.150400.24.54.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-docs +4 5.14.21-150400.24.116.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP3 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1.150300.18.92.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP3 kernel-docs +5 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 kernel-azure +2 4.12.14-16.182.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1643-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 kernel-syms +2 4.12.14-122.216.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1870-1
SLE Real Time 12 SP5 kernel-rt +3 4.12.14-10.182.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1646-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.59.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1480-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.59.1.150500.6.25.7 SUSE-SU-2024:1480-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150500.13.47.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1466-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.116.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.116.1.150400.24.54.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.76.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1320-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.116.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.116.1.150400.24.54.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.76.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1320-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-default 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1.150300.18.92.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-rt +1 5.3.18-150300.166.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01995-1, SUSE-SU-2024:1465-1
SLE Micro 5.1 kernel-default 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
SLE Micro 5.1 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1.150300.18.92.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
SLE Micro 5.1 kernel-rt +1 5.3.18-150300.166.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01995-1, SUSE-SU-2024:1465-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.59.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1480-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_13 1-150500.11.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1466-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_12 1-150500.11.7.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1480-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.116.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_25 1-150400.9.5.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP3 kernel-default 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP3 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_43 1-150300.7.3.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kernel-default 4.12.14-122.216.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1870-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_56 1-8.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1870-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150400.24.116.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.116.1.150400.24.54.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
SLE HPC 15 SP3 kernel-64kb +6 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
SLE HPC 15 SP3 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1.150300.18.92.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP5 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150500.13.47.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1466-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.116.1.150400.24.54.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-syms +3 5.14.21-150400.24.116.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.116.1.150400.24.54.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-syms +2 5.14.21-150400.24.116.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-64kb +6 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1.150300.18.92.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.5 dtb-aarch64 +10 5.14.21-150500.55.59.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1480-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1490-1
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openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150500.13.47.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1466-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.116.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.116.1.150400.24.54.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
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openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.116.1.150400.24.54.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 kernel-rt 5.14.21-150400.15.76.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1320-1

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