CVE-2021-47552

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5

Also known asEUVD-2021-34554 (ENISA EUVD)Source: ENISA EUVD

5.5EG

EchelonGraph verdictMonitorRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).

Lower severity and no public exploit yet

CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

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

blk-mq: cancel blk-mq dispatch work in both blk_cleanup_queue and disk_release()

For avoiding to slow down queue destroy, we don't call blk_mq_quiesce_queue() in blk_cleanup_queue(), instead of delaying to cancel dispatch work in blk_release_queue().

However, this way has caused kernel oops[1], reported by Changhui. The log shows that scsi_device can be freed before running blk_release_queue(), which is expected too since scsi_device is released after the scsi disk is closed and the scsi_device is removed.

Fixes the issue by canceling blk-mq dispatch work in both blk_cleanup_queue() and disk_release():

1) when disk_release() is run, the disk has been closed, and any sync dispatch activities have been done, so canceling dispatch work is enough to quiesce filesystem I/O dispatch activity.

2) in blk_cleanup_queue(), we only focus on passthrough request, and passthrough request is always explicitly allocated & freed by its caller, so once queue is frozen, all sync dispatch activity for passthrough request has been done, then it is enough to just cancel dispatch work for avoiding any dispatch activity.

[1] kernel panic log [12622.769416] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000300 [12622.777186] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [12622.782918] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [12622.788649] PGD 0 P4D 0 [12622.791474] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI [12622.796138] CPU: 10 PID: 744 Comm: kworker/10:1H Kdump: loaded Not tainted 5.15.0+ #1 [12622.804877] Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R730/0H21J3, BIOS 1.5.4 10/002/2015 [12622.813321] Workqueue: kblockd blk_mq_run_work_fn [12622.818572] RIP: 0010:sbitmap_get+0x75/0x190 [12622.823336] Code: 85 80 00 00 00 41 8b 57 08 85 d2 0f 84 b1 00 00 00 45 31 e4 48 63 cd 48 8d 1c 49 48 c1 e3 06 49 03 5f 10 4c 8d 6b 40 83 f0 01 <48> 8b 33 44 89 f2 4c 89 ef 0f b6 c8 e8 fa f3 ff ff 83 f8 ff 75 58 [12622.844290] RSP: 0018:ffffb00a446dbd40 EFLAGS: 00010202 [12622.850120] RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000000000300 RCX: 0000000000000004 [12622.858082] RDX: 0000000000000006 RSI: 0000000000000082 RDI: ffffa0b7a2dfe030 [12622.866042] RBP: 0000000000000004 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffa0b742721334 [12622.874003] R10: 0000000000000008 R11: 0000000000000008 R12: 0000000000000000 [12622.881964] R13: 0000000000000340 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffffa0b7a2dfe030 [12622.889926] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffffa0baafb40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [12622.898956] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [12622.905367] CR2: 0000000000000300 CR3: 0000000641210001 CR4: 00000000001706e0 [12622.913328] Call Trace: [12622.916055] [12622.918394] scsi_mq_get_budget+0x1a/0x110 [12622.922969] __blk_mq_do_dispatch_sched+0x1d4/0x320 [12622.928404] ? pick_next_task_fair+0x39/0x390 [12622.933268] __blk_mq_sched_dispatch_requests+0xf4/0x140 [12622.939194] blk_mq_sched_dispatch_requests+0x30/0x60 [12622.944829] __blk_mq_run_hw_queue+0x30/0xa0 [12622.949593] process_one_work+0x1e8/0x3c0 [12622.954059] worker_thread+0x50/0x3b0 [12622.958144] ? rescuer_thread+0x370/0x370 [12622.962616] kthread+0x158/0x180 [12622.966218] ? set_kthread_struct+0x40/0x40 [12622.970884] ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30 [12622.974875] [12622.977309] Modules linked in: scsi_debug rpcsec_gss_krb5 auth_rpcgss nfsv4 dns_resolver nfs lockd grace fscache netfs sunrpc dm_multipath intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common dell_wmi_descriptor sb_edac rfkill video x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp dcdbas coretemp kvm_intel kvm mgag200 irqbypass i2c_algo_bit rapl drm_kms_helper ipmi_ssif intel_cstate intel_uncore syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt fb_sys_fops pcspkr cec mei_me lpc_ich mei ipmi_si ipmi_devintf ipmi_msghandler acpi_power_meter drm fuse xfs libcrc32c sr_mod cdrom sd_mod t10_pi sg ixgbe ahci libahci crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul crc32c_intel libata megaraid_sas ghash_clmulni_intel tg3 wdat_w ---truncated---

CVSS v3: 5.5
EG Score: 5.5MEDIUMmedium confidence
EG Risk: 25
EPSS PROB: 0.2%
EPSS %ILE: 11th
KEV: Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (5.5): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 5.5 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity: 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.NVD CVSS v3 · CVSS v3.0 or v3.1
EG Likelihood: 0.2% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-25). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation: None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority: SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at every mission impact level.CISA BOD 26-04: 60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at every mission impact level.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

May 24, 2024

Last Modified

August 5, 2026

References (2)

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)

Debian:11(1)

Package	Vulnerable range	Fix by version range	Dependents
linux	5.10.103-1 ... 7.2~rc5-1~exp1 (498 versions)	every version on: no fix on record	—

Debian:12(1)

Package	Vulnerable range	Fix by version range	Dependents
linux	—	every version up to 5.15.15-1: fixed in 5.15.15-1	—

Debian:13(1)

Package	Vulnerable range	Fix by version range	Dependents
linux	—	every version up to 5.15.15-1: fixed in 5.15.15-1	—

Debian:14(1)

Package	Vulnerable range	Fix by version range	Dependents
linux	—	every version up to 5.15.15-1: fixed in 5.15.15-1	—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference

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Same CWE

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CWE-476

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2021-47552?

CVE-2021-47552 is a medium-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on May 24, 2024. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-mq: cancel blk-mq dispatch work in both blk_cleanup_queue and disk_release() For avoiding to slow down queue destroy, we don't call blk_mq_quiesce_queue() in blk_cleanup_queue(), instead of delaying to cancel dispatch work in…

When was the CVE record for CVE-2021-47552 published?

The CVE record for CVE-2021-47552 was published on May 24, 2024. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of August 5, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.

Is CVE-2021-47552 actively exploited?

CVE-2021-47552 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (11th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2021-47552?

CVE-2021-47552 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2021-47552?

A fix for CVE-2021-47552 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory.

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