{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2021-46983", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2024-02-27T18:42:55.946Z", "datePublished": "2024-02-28T08:13:12.223Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T13:45:41.182Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T13:45:41.182Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvmet-rdma: Fix NULL deref when SEND is completed with error\n\nWhen running some traffic and taking down the link on peer, a\nretry counter exceeded error is received. This leads to\nnvmet_rdma_error_comp which tried accessing the cq_context to\nobtain the queue. The cq_context is no longer valid after the\nfix to use shared CQ mechanism and should be obtained similar\nto how it is obtained in other functions from the wc->qp.\n\n[ 905.786331] nvmet_rdma: SEND for CQE 0x00000000e3337f90 failed with status transport retry counter exceeded (12).\n[ 905.832048] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000048\n[ 905.839919] PGD 0 P4D 0\n[ 905.842464] Oops: 0000 1 SMP NOPTI\n[ 905.846144] CPU: 13 PID: 1557 Comm: kworker/13:1H Kdump: loaded Tainted: G OE --------- - - 4.18.0-304.el8.x86_64 #1\n[ 905.872135] RIP: 0010:nvmet_rdma_error_comp+0x5/0x1b [nvmet_rdma]\n[ 905.878259] Code: 19 4f c0 e8 89 b3 a5 f6 e9 5b e0 ff ff 0f b7 75 14 4c 89 ea 48 c7 c7 08 1a 4f c0 e8 71 b3 a5 f6 e9 4b e0 ff ff 0f 1f 44 00 00 <48> 8b 47 48 48 85 c0 74 08 48 89 c7 e9 98 bf 49 00 e9 c3 e3 ff ff\n[ 905.897135] RSP: 0018:ffffab601c45fe28 EFLAGS: 00010246\n[ 905.902387] RAX: 0000000000000065 RBX: ffff9e729ea2f800 RCX: 0000000000000000\n[ 905.909558] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff9e72df9567c8 RDI: 0000000000000000\n[ 905.916731] RBP: ffff9e729ea2b400 R08: 000000000000074d R09: 0000000000000074\n[ 905.923903] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffffab601c45fcc0 R12: 0000000000000010\n[ 905.931074] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000010 R15: ffff9e729ea2f400\n[ 905.938247] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9e72df940000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n[ 905.938249] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n[ 905.950067] nvmet_rdma: SEND for CQE 0x00000000c7356cca failed with status transport retry counter exceeded (12).\n[ 905.961855] CR2: 0000000000000048 CR3: 000000678d010004 CR4: 00000000007706e0\n[ 905.961855] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000\n[ 905.961856] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400\n[ 905.961857] PKRU: 55555554\n[ 906.010315] Call Trace:\n[ 906.012778] __ib_process_cq+0x89/0x170 [ib_core]\n[ 906.017509] ib_cq_poll_work+0x26/0x80 [ib_core]\n[ 906.022152] process_one_work+0x1a7/0x360\n[ 906.026182] ? create_worker+0x1a0/0x1a0\n[ 906.030123] worker_thread+0x30/0x390\n[ 906.033802] ? create_worker+0x1a0/0x1a0\n[ 906.037744] kthread+0x116/0x130\n[ 906.040988] ? kthread_flush_work_fn+0x10/0x10\n[ 906.045456] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x40" } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/nvme/target/rdma.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "ca0f1a8055be2a04073af435dc68419334481638", "lessThan": "64f3410c7bfc389b1a58611d0799f4a36ce4b6b5", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "ca0f1a8055be2a04073af435dc68419334481638", "lessThan": "17fb6dfa5162b89ecfa07df891a53afec321abe8", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "ca0f1a8055be2a04073af435dc68419334481638", "lessThan": "5bdb34466ad8370546dfa0497594fb1d6f2fed90", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "ca0f1a8055be2a04073af435dc68419334481638", "lessThan": "8cc365f9559b86802afc0208389f5c8d46b4ad61", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/nvme/target/rdma.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "5.9", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "5.9", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.10.38", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.11.22", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.11.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.12.5", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.13", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.9", "versionEndExcluding": "5.10.38" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.9", "versionEndExcluding": "5.11.22" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.9", "versionEndExcluding": "5.12.5" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.9", "versionEndExcluding": "5.13" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64f3410c7bfc389b1a58611d0799f4a36ce4b6b5" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17fb6dfa5162b89ecfa07df891a53afec321abe8" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bdb34466ad8370546dfa0497594fb1d6f2fed90" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8cc365f9559b86802afc0208389f5c8d46b4ad61" } ], "title": "nvmet-rdma: Fix NULL deref when SEND is completed with error", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } }, "adp": [ { "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "metrics": [ { "other": { "type": "ssvc", "content": { "id": "CVE-2021-46983", "role": "CISA Coordinator", "options": [ { "Exploitation": "none" }, { "Automatable": "no" }, { "Technical Impact": "partial" } ], "version": "2.0.3", "timestamp": "2024-02-28T19:05:12.428400Z" } } } ], "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2024-06-04T17:13:08.871Z" } }, { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-04T05:24:37.886Z" }, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64f3410c7bfc389b1a58611d0799f4a36ce4b6b5", "tags": [ "x_transferred" ] }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17fb6dfa5162b89ecfa07df891a53afec321abe8", "tags": [ "x_transferred" ] }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bdb34466ad8370546dfa0497594fb1d6f2fed90", "tags": [ "x_transferred" ] }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8cc365f9559b86802afc0208389f5c8d46b4ad61", "tags": [ "x_transferred" ] } ] } ] } }