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CVE-2021-47439

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CVE-2021-47439

Published: May 22, 2024

Modified: May 11, 2026

PUBLISHED

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

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux

affected
469b390e1ba330e888175e55d78573db2e9a8cb4 - < f2e1de075018cf71bcd7d628e9f759cb8540b0c3
affected
469b390e1ba330e888175e55d78573db2e9a8cb4 - < 383239a33cf29ebee9ce0d4e0e5c900b77a16148
affected
469b390e1ba330e888175e55d78573db2e9a8cb4 - < ef1100ef20f29aec4e62abeccdb5bdbebba1e378

Linux

Linux

affected
5.7
unaffected
0 - < 5.7
unaffected
5.10.75 - <= 5.10.*
unaffected
5.14.14 - <= 5.14.*
unaffected
5.15 - <= *

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