CVE-2021-47565
scsi: mpt3sas: Fix kernel panic during drive powercycle test
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Linux
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: mpt3sas: Fix kernel panic during drive powercycle test While looping over shost's sdev list it is possible that one of the drives is getting removed and its sas_target object is freed but its sdev object remains intact. Consequently, a kernel panic can occur while the driver is trying to access the sas_address field of sas_target object without also checking the sas_target object for NULL.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
Published
- 24 months later
· 24 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.23% · top 86% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected f92363d12359498f9a9960511de1a550f0ec41c2 – < 5d4d50b1f159a5ebab7617f47121b4370aa58afe
- affected f92363d12359498f9a9960511de1a550f0ec41c2 – < 58ef2c7a6de13721865d84b80eecf56d6cba0937
- affected f92363d12359498f9a9960511de1a550f0ec41c2 – < dd035ca0e7a142870a970d46b1d19276cfe2bc8c
- affected f92363d12359498f9a9960511de1a550f0ec41c2 – < 0d4b29eaadc1f59cec0c7e85eae77d08fcca9824
- affected f92363d12359498f9a9960511de1a550f0ec41c2 – < 7e324f734a914957b8cc3ff4b4c9f0409558adb5
- affected f92363d12359498f9a9960511de1a550f0ec41c2 – < 2bf9c5a5039c8f4b037236aed505e6a25c1d5f7b
- affected f92363d12359498f9a9960511de1a550f0ec41c2 – < 8485649a7655e791a6e4e9f15b4d30fdae937184
- affected f92363d12359498f9a9960511de1a550f0ec41c2 – < 0ee4ba13e09c9d9c1cb6abb59da8295d9952328b
- affected 3.8
- unaffected < 3.8
- unaffected 4.4.294 – ≤ 4.4.*
- unaffected 4.9.292 – ≤ 4.9.*
- unaffected 4.14.257 – ≤ 4.14.*
- unaffected 4.19.219 – ≤ 4.19.*
- unaffected 5.4.163 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.83 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.6 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 5.16 – ≤ *
References (8)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d4d50b1f159a5ebab7617f47121b4370aa58afe (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58ef2c7a6de13721865d84b80eecf56d6cba0937 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd035ca0e7a142870a970d46b1d19276cfe2bc8c (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d4b29eaadc1f59cec0c7e85eae77d08fcca9824 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e324f734a914957b8cc3ff4b4c9f0409558adb5 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bf9c5a5039c8f4b037236aed505e6a25c1d5f7b (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8485649a7655e791a6e4e9f15b4d30fdae937184 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ee4ba13e09c9d9c1cb6abb59da8295d9952328b (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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