CVE-2021-47223
Published: May 21, 2024
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: bridge: fix vlan tunnel dst null pointer dereference This patch fixes a tunnel_dst null pointer dereference due to lockless access in the tunnel egress path. When deleting a vlan tunnel the tunnel_dst pointer is set to NULL without waiting a grace period (i.e. while it's still usable) and packets egressing are dereferencing it without checking. Use READ/WRITE_ONCE to annotate the lockless use of tunnel_id, use RCU for accessing tunnel_dst and make sure it is read only once and checked in the egress path. The dst is already properly RCU protected so we don't need to do anything fancy than to make sure tunnel_id and tunnel_dst are read only once and checked in the egress path.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 11538d039ac6efcf4f1a6c536e1b87cd3668a9fd - < ad7feefe7164892db424c45687472db803d87f79affected 11538d039ac6efcf4f1a6c536e1b87cd3668a9fd - < 24a6e55f17aa123bc1fc54b7d3c410b41bc16530affected 11538d039ac6efcf4f1a6c536e1b87cd3668a9fd - < a2241e62f6b4a774d8a92048fdf59c45f6c2fe5caffected 11538d039ac6efcf4f1a6c536e1b87cd3668a9fd - < fe0448a3fad365a747283a00a1d1ad5e8d6675b7affected 11538d039ac6efcf4f1a6c536e1b87cd3668a9fd - < abb02e05cb1c0a30dd873a29f33bc092067dc35d+1 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 4.11unaffected 0 - < 4.11unaffected 4.14.238 - <= 4.14.*unaffected 4.19.196 - <= 4.19.*unaffected 5.4.128 - <= 5.4.*+3 more versions |
References
Security Training
Train your team to recognize and prevent security threats with our comprehensive security awareness program.
Start TrainingVulnerability Scanning
Discover vulnerabilities in your applications and infrastructure before attackers do.
Scan Now