CVE-2021-46994

MEDIUM

Linux kernel 5.5-5.12 - Null Pointer Dereference in CAN mcp251x Resume Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: mcp251x: fix resume from sleep before interface was brought up Since 8ce8c0abcba3 the driver queues work via priv->restart_work when resuming after suspend, even when the interface was not previously enabled. This causes a null dereference error as the workqueue is only allocated and initialized in mcp251x_open(). To fix this we move the workqueue init to mcp251x_can_probe() as there is no reason to do it later and repeat it whenever mcp251x_open() is called. [mkl: fix error handling in mcp251x_stop()]

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 14.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (11)
Linux/Linux < 5.5
Linux/Linux 5.10.38 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.11.22 - 5.11.*
Linux/Linux 5.12.5 - 5.12.*
Linux/Linux 5.13
Linux/Linux 5.5
Linux/Linux 8ce8c0abcba314e1fe954a1840f6568bf5aef2ef - 03c427147b2d3e503af258711af4fc792b89b0af
Linux/Linux 8ce8c0abcba314e1fe954a1840f6568bf5aef2ef - 6f8f1c27b577de15f69fefce3c502bb6300d825c
Linux/Linux 8ce8c0abcba314e1fe954a1840f6568bf5aef2ef - e1e10a390fd9479209c4d834d916ca5e6d5d396b
Linux/Linux 8ce8c0abcba314e1fe954a1840f6568bf5aef2ef - eecb4df8ec9f896b19ee05bfa632ac6c1dcd8f21
... and 1 more
Published Feb 28, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026