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CVE-2021-47464 (GCVE-0-2021-47464)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-22 06:23 – Updated: 2026-05-11 13:55
VLAI
Title
audit: fix possible null-pointer dereference in audit_filter_rules
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: audit: fix possible null-pointer dereference in audit_filter_rules Fix possible null-pointer dereference in audit_filter_rules. audit_filter_rules() error: we previously assumed 'ctx' could be null
Severity
7.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-06-17 18:04 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: bf361231c295d92a28ca283ea713f56e93e55796 , < d6f451f1f60c58d73038c7c3177066f8f084e2a2 (git)
Affected: bf361231c295d92a28ca283ea713f56e93e55796 , < 16802fa4c33eb1a8efb23f1e93365190e4047d05 (git)
Affected: bf361231c295d92a28ca283ea713f56e93e55796 , < 4e9e46a700201b4c85081fd478c99c692a9aaa0d (git)
Affected: bf361231c295d92a28ca283ea713f56e93e55796 , < 6e3ee990c90494561921c756481d0e2125d8b895 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.3
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.3 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.4.156 , ≤ 5.4.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.76 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.14.15 , ≤ 5.14.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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linux linux_kernel Affected: bf361231c295 , < d6f451f1f60c (custom)
Affected: bf361231c295 , < 16802fa4c33e (custom)
Affected: bf361231c295 , < 4e9e46a70020 (custom)
Affected: bf361231c295 , < 6e3ee990c904 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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linux linux_kernel Affected: 5.3
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
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