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

powerpc/fixmap: Fix VM debug warning on unmap

Unmapping a fixmap entry is done by calling __set_fixmap()
with FIXMAP_PAGE_CLEAR as flags.

Today, powerpc __set_fixmap() calls map_kernel_page().

map_kernel_page() is not happy when called a second time
for the same page.

WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1 at arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c:194 set_pte_at+0xc/0x1e8
CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper Not tainted 5.16.0-rc3-s3k-dev-01993-g350ff07feb7d-dirty #682
NIP: c0017cd4 LR: c00187f0 CTR: 00000010
REGS: e1011d50 TRAP: 0700 Not tainted (5.16.0-rc3-s3k-dev-01993-g350ff07feb7d-dirty)
MSR: 00029032 <EE,ME,IR,DR,RI> CR: 42000208 XER: 00000000

GPR00: c0165fec e1011e10 c14c0000 c0ee2550 ff800000 c0f3d000 00000000 c001686c
GPR08: 00001000 b00045a9 00000001 c0f58460 c0f50000 00000000 c0007e10 00000000
GPR16: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
GPR24: 00000000 00000000 c0ee2550 00000000 c0f57000 00000ff8 00000000 ff800000
NIP [c0017cd4] set_pte_at+0xc/0x1e8
LR [c00187f0] map_kernel_page+0x9c/0x100
Call Trace:
[e1011e10] [c0736c68] vsnprintf+0x358/0x6c8 (unreliable)
[e1011e30] [c0165fec] __set_fixmap+0x30/0x44
[e1011e40] [c0c13bdc] early_iounmap+0x11c/0x170
[e1011e70] [c0c06cb0] ioremap_legacy_serial_console+0x88/0xc0
[e1011e90] [c0c03634] do_one_initcall+0x80/0x178
[e1011ef0] [c0c0385c] kernel_init_freeable+0xb4/0x250
[e1011f20] [c0007e34] kernel_init+0x24/0x140
[e1011f30] [c0016268] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x5c/0x64
Instruction dump:
7fe3fb78 48019689 80010014 7c630034 83e1000c 5463d97e 7c0803a6 38210010
4e800020 81250000 712a0001 41820008 <0fe00000> 9421ffe0 93e1001c 48000030

Implement unmap_kernel_page() which clears an existing pte.
Published: 2024-07-16
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Thu, 19 Dec 2024 08:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 06:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat rhel E4s
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.0
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat rhel E4s

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Linux Linux Kernel
Redhat Rhel E4s
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-11T13:58:05.571Z

Reserved: 2024-07-16T11:26:52.956Z

Link: CVE-2021-47623

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T05:47:40.568Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-07-16T12:15:02.483

Modified: 2025-10-03T14:30:26.893

Link: CVE-2021-47623

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-07-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-47623 - Bugzilla

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