CVE-2021-47174: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_set_pipapo_avx2: Add irq_fpu_usable() check, fallback to non-AVX2 version A

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_set_pipapo_avx2: Add irq_fpu_usable() check, fallback to non-AVX2 version A

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_set_pipapo_avx2: Add irq_fpu_usable() check, fallback to non-AVX2 version Arturo reported this backtrace: [709732.358791] WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 456 at arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c:128 kernel_fpu_begin_mask+0xae/0xe0 [709732.358793] Modules linked in: binfmt_misc nft_nat nft_chain_nat nf_nat nft_counter nft_ct nf_tables nf_conntrack_netlink nfnetlink 8021q garp stp mrp llc vrf intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common skx_edac nfit libnvdimm ipmi_ssif x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp coretemp crc32_pclmul mgag200 ghash_clmulni_intel drm_kms_helper cec aesni_intel drm libaes crypto_simd cryptd glue_helper mei_me dell_smbios iTCO_wdt evdev intel_pmc_bxt iTCO_vendor_support dcdbas pcspkr rapl dell_wmi_descriptor wmi_bmof sg i2c_algo_bit watchdog mei acpi_ipmi ipmi_si button nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 ipmi_devintf ipmi_msghandler ip_tables x_tables autofs4 ext4 crc16 mbcache jbd2 dm_mod raid10 raid456 async_raid6_recov async_memcpy async_pq async_xor async_tx xor sd_mod t10_pi crc_t10dif crct10dif_generic raid6_pq libcrc32c crc32c_generic raid1 raid0 multipath linear md_mod ahci libahci tg3 li

Description from the National Vulnerability Database, published by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

What it means for a small business

Linux is on the computers, phones or browsers your team uses every day. Turn on automatic updates and restart: most of these fixes only take effect after a restart.

How likely is an attack? The Exploit Prediction Scoring System, run by FIRST (the global association of security response teams), puts the odds of this one being exploited in the next 30 days at 0.23%, higher than 14% of CVEs. That’s low, but low isn’t zero, and the odds jump the day someone publishes an exploit. Scored November 1, 2026, updated daily.

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Sources

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