linux — security advisory
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_limit: avoid possible divide error in nft_limit_init div_u64() divides u64 by u32. nft_limit_init() wants to divide u64 by u64, use the appropriate math function (div64_u64) divide error: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN CPU: 1 PID: 8390 Comm: syz-executor188 Not tainted 5.12.0-rc4-syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011 RIP: 0010:div_u64_rem include/linux/math64.h:28 [inline] RIP: 0010:div_u64 include/linux/math64.h:127 [inline] RIP: 0010:nft_limit_init+0x2a2/0x5e0 net/netfilter/nft_limit.c:85 Code: ef 4c 01 eb 41 0f 92 c7 48 89 de e8 38 a5 22 fa 4d 85 ff 0f 85 97 02 00 00 e8 ea 9e 22 fa 4c 0f af f3 45 89 ed 31 d2 4c 89 f0 <49> f7 f5 49 89 c6 e8 d3 9e 22 fa 48 8d 7d 48 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 RSP: 0018:ffffc90009447198 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000200000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff875152e6 RDI: 0000000000000003 RBP: ffff888020f80908 R08: 0000200000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: ffffffff875152d8 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffc90009447270 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 000000000097a300(0000) GS:ffff8880b9d00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00000000200001c4 CR3: 0000000026a52000 CR4: 00000000001506e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 0
- Products
- linux
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.10.38-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-46915
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 01:10 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_limit: avoid possible divide error in nft_limit_init div_u64() divides u64 by u32. nft_limit_init() wants to divide u64 by u64, use the appropriate math function (div64_u64) divide error: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN CPU: 1 PID: 8390 Comm: syz-executor188 Not tainted 5.12.0-rc4-syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011 RIP: 0010:div_u64_rem include/linux/math64.h:28 [inline] RIP: 0010:div_u64 include/linux/math64.h:127 [inline] RIP: 0010:nft_limit_init+0x2a2/0x5e0 net/netfilter/nft_limit.c:85 Code: ef 4c 01 eb 41 0f 92 c7 48 89 de e8 38 a5 22 fa 4d 85 ff 0f 85 97 02 00 00 e8 ea 9e 22 fa 4c 0f af f3 45 89 ed 31 d2 4c 89 f0 <49> f7 f5 49 89 c6 e8 d3 9e 22 fa 48 8d 7d 48 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 RSP: 0018:ffffc90009447198 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000200000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff875152e6 RDI: 0000000000000003 RBP: ffff888020f80908 R08: 0000200000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: ffffffff875152d8 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffc90009447270 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 000000000097a300(0000) GS:ffff8880b9d00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00000000200001c4 CR3: 0000000026a52000 CR4: 00000000001506e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 0
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46915
linux
Fixed versions: 5.10.38-1
linux
Fixed versions: 5.10.38-1
linux
Fixed versions: 5.10.38-1
Complete source record
{
"id": "ddef1633a365aa47009efc1fe9e547a01998cc26d7a4cd2ee46c5d7eaeb92b16",
"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46915",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46915",
"summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_limit: avoid possible divide error in nft_limit_init div_u64() divides u64 by u32. nft_limit_init() wants to divide u64 by u64, use the appropriate math function (div64_u64) divide error: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN CPU: 1 PID: 8390 Comm: syz-executor188 Not tainted 5.12.0-rc4-syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011 RIP: 0010:div_u64_rem include/linux/math64.h:28 [inline] RIP: 0010:div_u64 include/linux/math64.h:127 [inline] RIP: 0010:nft_limit_init+0x2a2/0x5e0 net/netfilter/nft_limit.c:85 Code: ef 4c 01 eb 41 0f 92 c7 48 89 de e8 38 a5 22 fa 4d 85 ff 0f 85 97 02 00 00 e8 ea 9e 22 fa 4c 0f af f3 45 89 ed 31 d2 4c 89 f0 <49> f7 f5 49 89 c6 e8 d3 9e 22 fa 48 8d 7d 48 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 RSP: 0018:ffffc90009447198 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000200000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff875152e6 RDI: 0000000000000003 RBP: ffff888020f80908 R08: 0000200000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: ffffffff875152d8 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffc90009447270 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 000000000097a300(0000) GS:ffff8880b9d00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00000000200001c4 CR3: 0000000026a52000 CR4: 00000000001506e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 0",
"evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46915",
"products": [
{
"name": {
"value": "linux",
"evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
},
"prerequisites": [],
"fixed_versions": [
{
"value": "5.10.38-1",
"evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
}
],
"affected_versions": []
},
{
"name": {
"value": "linux",
"evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
},
"prerequisites": [],
"fixed_versions": [
{
"value": "5.10.38-1",
"evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
}
],
"affected_versions": []
},
{
"name": {
"value": "linux",
"evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
},
"prerequisites": [],
"fixed_versions": [
{
"value": "5.10.38-1",
"evidence": "/affected/2/ranges"
}
],
"affected_versions": []
}
],
"severity": "medium",
"structured": {
"id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46915",
"aliases": [
"DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46915"
],
"metrics": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
}
],
"affected": [
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "5.10.38-1"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "linux",
"purl": "pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
"ecosystem": "Debian:12"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46915.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"urgency": "not yet assigned"
}
},
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "5.10.38-1"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "linux",
"purl": "pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=trixie",
"ecosystem": "Debian:13"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46915.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"urgency": "not yet assigned"
}
},
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "5.10.38-1"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "linux",
"purl": "pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=forky",
"ecosystem": "Debian:14"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46915.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"urgency": "not yet assigned"
}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-23T18:04:17.673278871Z",
"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
"CVE-2021-46915"
],
"references": [
"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-46915"
]
},
"related_cves": [
{
"value": "CVE-2021-46915",
"evidence": "/upstream"
}
],
"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 423205,
"published_at": "2024-02-27T07:15:08.083+00:00"
}