# CVE-2021-47086: phonet/pep: refuse to enable an unbound pipe

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-03-04 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.3

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: phonet/pep: refuse to enable an unbound pipe This ioctl() implicitly assumed that the socket was already bound to a valid local socket name, i.e. Phonet object. If the socket was not bound, two separate problems would occur: 1) We'd send an pipe enablement request with an invalid source object. 2) Later socket calls could BUG on the socket unexpectedly being connected yet not bound to a valid object.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0bbdd62ce9d44f3a22059b3d20a0df977d9f6d59
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b10c7d745615a092a50c2e03ce70446d2bec2aca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/311601f114859d586d5ef8833d60d3aa23282161
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/982b6ba1ce626ef87e5c29f26f2401897554f235
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48c76fc53582e7f13c1e0b11c916e503256c4d0b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52ad5da8e316fa11e3a50b3f089aa63e4089bf52
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53ccdc73eedaf0e922c45b569b797d2796fbaafa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75a2f31520095600f650597c0ac41f48b5ba0068

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