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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2021-47210 json

usb: typec: tipd: Remove WARN_ON in tps6598x_block_read

published 2024-04-10 2 y ago modified 2026-08-11 2 mo ago also EUVD-2021-33858

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 13%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

usb: typec: tipd: Remove WARN_ON in tps6598x_block_read

Calling tps6598x_block_read with a higher than allowed len can be handled by just returning an error. There's no need to crash systems with panic-on-warn enabled.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 4.19.218, 5.4.162, 5.10.82, 5.15.5, 5.16
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.15.5-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47210

  • linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-97.110
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1064.67
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1063.67
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1013.14
  • linux-kvm Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1054.56
  • linux-azure Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1068.71
  • linux-gkeop Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1032.33
  • linux-raspi Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1052.58

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47210

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-rt SLE Micro 5.5, Real Time Module 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
  • kernel-syms-rt Real Time Module 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
  • kernel-rt_debug Real Time Module 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
  • kernel-source-rt SLE Micro 5.5, Real Time Module 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
  • dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
  • kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
  • kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
  • kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:1663-1SUSE-SU-2024:1659-1SUSE-SU-2024:1647-1SUSE-SU-2024:1644-1SUSE-SU-2024:1641-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2021-47210 updated cvss 4.4

kernel: usb: typec: tipd: Remove WARN_ON in tps6598x_block_read

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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