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CVE-2021-47559

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CVE-2021-47559

Published: May 24, 2024

Modified: May 11, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/smc: Fix NULL pointer dereferencing in smc_vlan_by_tcpsk() Coverity reports a possible NULL dereferencing problem: in smc_vlan_by_tcpsk(): 6. returned_null: netdev_lower_get_next returns NULL (checked 29 out of 30 times). 7. var_assigned: Assigning: ndev = NULL return value from netdev_lower_get_next. 1623 ndev = (struct net_device *)netdev_lower_get_next(ndev, &lower); CID 1468509 (#1 of 1): Dereference null return value (NULL_RETURNS) 8. dereference: Dereferencing a pointer that might be NULL ndev when calling is_vlan_dev. 1624 if (is_vlan_dev(ndev)) { Remove the manual implementation and use netdev_walk_all_lower_dev() to iterate over the lower devices. While on it remove an obsolete function parameter comment.

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux

affected
cb9d43f6775457cac75544bc4197f26ac2b6f294 - < c94cbd262b6aa3b54d73a1ed1f9c0d19df57f4ff
affected
cb9d43f6775457cac75544bc4197f26ac2b6f294 - < bb851d0fb02547d03cd40106b5f2391c4fed6ed1
affected
cb9d43f6775457cac75544bc4197f26ac2b6f294 - < 587acad41f1bc48e16f42bb2aca63bf323380be8

Linux

Linux

affected
4.18
unaffected
0 - < 4.18
unaffected
5.10.83 - <= 5.10.*
unaffected
5.15.6 - <= 5.15.*
unaffected
5.16 - <= *

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