CVE-2021-46904

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.25% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 17.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2024-02-25 14:03Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-05-11 13:44Z5 MO AGO

Reserved

2024-02-25

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

6f09990541449c87ef5a115795a5e1bf322814afa470df83e868232f9320454c

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a462067d7c8e6953a733bf5ade8db947b1bb5449
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/145c89c441d27696961752bf51b323f347601bee
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/caf5ac93b3b5d5fac032fc11fbea680e115421b4
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92028d7a31e55d53e41cff679156b9432cffcb36
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a2933c88399c0ebc738db39bbce3ae89786d723
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc195928d7e4ec7b5cfc6cd10dc4c8d87a7c72ac
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/388d05f70f1ee0cac4a2068fd295072f1a44152a
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a12f8836145ffe37e9c8733dce18c22fb668b66