CVE-2021-47439

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.7-5.10.75 5.14.14-5.14.* 5.15 - Null Pointer Dereference in DSA MIB Workqueue Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: dsa: microchip: Added the condition for scheduling ksz_mib_read_work When the ksz module is installed and removed using rmmod, kernel crashes with null pointer dereferrence error. During rmmod, ksz_switch_remove function tries to cancel the mib_read_workqueue using cancel_delayed_work_sync routine and unregister switch from dsa. During dsa_unregister_switch it calls ksz_mac_link_down, which in turn reschedules the workqueue since mib_interval is non-zero. Due to which queue executed after mib_interval and it tries to access dp->slave. But the slave is unregistered in the ksz_switch_remove function. Hence kernel crashes. To avoid this crash, before canceling the workqueue, resetted the mib_interval to 0. v1 -> v2: -Removed the if condition in ksz_mib_read_work

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0022
EPSS Percentile 13.1%
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 (10)
Linux/Linux < 5.7
Linux/Linux 469b390e1ba330e888175e55d78573db2e9a8cb4 - 383239a33cf29ebee9ce0d4e0e5c900b77a16148
Linux/Linux 469b390e1ba330e888175e55d78573db2e9a8cb4 - ef1100ef20f29aec4e62abeccdb5bdbebba1e378
Linux/Linux 469b390e1ba330e888175e55d78573db2e9a8cb4 - f2e1de075018cf71bcd7d628e9f759cb8540b0c3
Linux/Linux 5.10.75 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.14.14 - 5.14.*
Linux/Linux 5.15
Linux/Linux 5.7
linux/linux_kernel 5.15 rc1 (5 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 5.7 - 5.10.75
Published May 22, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026