# mptcp: fix soft lookup in subflow_error_report()

CVE record · `CVE-2021-47242`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2021-47242`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.5 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-667](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/667.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-667](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-667.md)
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 21 May 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 21 May 2024, 14:19 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `15cc10453398c22f78f6c2b897119ecce5e5dd89 to before 27ef25c72373222aaa5fe7b5cd890ae9cfb89a8d` (git)
  - affected: `15cc10453398c22f78f6c2b897119ecce5e5dd89 to before 499ada5073361c631f2a3c4a8aed44d53b6f82ec` (git)
  - affected: `c8ad65cb5051498b8a58be40499db9e930f0092e` (git)
  - affected: `5.11.12 to before 5.12` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.12`
  - unaffected: `before 5.12` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.12.13 to 5.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.13 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.5 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`, from CNA (Linux) (used for this record)
- 7.8 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from ADP (CISA-ADP)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0034, the 27th percentile, on 7 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 21 May 2024. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2021-47242](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47242)
- [NVD: CVE-2021-47242](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-47242)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27ef25c72373222aaa5fe7b5cd890ae9cfb89a8d>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/499ada5073361c631f2a3c4a8aed44d53b6f82ec>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

## Check whether this affects you

This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it. Compare the affected versions above with what you run.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), `get_advisory` returns this record and `search_advisories` finds related ones. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/CVE-2021-47242>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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