{"cve":"CVE-2021-47619","nvd":{"published":"2024-06-20T11:15:54.560","modified":"2026-06-17T04:18:10.617","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ni40e: Fix queues reservation for XDP\n\nWhen XDP was configured on a system with large number of CPUs\nand X722 NIC there was a call trace with NULL pointer dereference.\n\ni40e 0000:87:00.0: failed to get tracking for 256 queues for VSI 0 err -12\ni40e 0000:87:00.0: setup of MAIN VSI failed\n\nBUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000\nRIP: 0010:i40e_xdp+0xea/0x1b0 [i40e]\nCall Trace:\n? i40e_reconfig_rss_queues+0x130/0x130 [i40e]\ndev_xdp_install+0x61/0xe0\ndev_xdp_attach+0x18a/0x4c0\ndev_change_xdp_fd+0x1e6/0x220\ndo_setlink+0x616/0x1030\n? ahci_port_stop+0x80/0x80\n? ata_qc_issue+0x107/0x1e0\n? lock_timer_base+0x61/0x80\n? __mod_timer+0x202/0x380\nrtnl_setlink+0xe5/0x170\n? bpf_lsm_binder_transaction+0x10/0x10\n? security_capable+0x36/0x50\nrtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x121/0x350\n? rtnl_calcit.isra.0+0x100/0x100\nnetlink_rcv_skb+0x50/0xf0\nnetlink_unicast+0x1d3/0x2a0\nnetlink_sendmsg+0x22a/0x440\nsock_sendmsg+0x5e/0x60\n__sys_sendto+0xf0/0x160\n? __sys_getsockname+0x7e/0xc0\n? _copy_from_user+0x3c/0x80\n? __sys_setsockopt+0xc8/0x1a0\n__x64_sys_sendto+0x20/0x30\ndo_syscall_64+0x33/0x40\nentry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae\nRIP: 0033:0x7f83fa7a39e0\n\nThis was caused by PF queue pile fragmentation due to\nflow director VSI queue being placed right after main VSI.\nBecause of this main VSI was not able to resize its\nqueue allocation for XDP resulting in no queues allocated\nfor main VSI when XDP was turned on.\n\nFix this by always allocating last queue in PF queue pile\nfor a flow director VSI.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00eddb0e4ea115154581d1049507a996acfc2d3e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b3aa858268b7b9aeef02e5f9c4cd8f8fac101c8","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/768eb705e6381f0c70ca29d4e66f19790d5d19a1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92947844b8beee988c0ce17082b705c2f75f0742","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be6998f232b8e4ca8225029e305b8329d89bfd59"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:52:00.836172422+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2021-47619","score":0.0022,"percentile":0.12593,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}