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CVE-2021-47631

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CVE-2021-47631

Published: Feb 26, 2025

Modified: May 11, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ARM: davinci: da850-evm: Avoid NULL pointer dereference With newer versions of GCC, there is a panic in da850_evm_config_emac() when booting multi_v5_defconfig in QEMU under the palmetto-bmc machine: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000020 pgd = (ptrval) [00000020] *pgd=00000000 Internal error: Oops: 5 [#1] PREEMPT ARM Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper Not tainted 5.15.0 #1 Hardware name: Generic DT based system PC is at da850_evm_config_emac+0x1c/0x120 LR is at do_one_initcall+0x50/0x1e0 The emac_pdata pointer in soc_info is NULL because davinci_soc_info only gets populated on davinci machines but da850_evm_config_emac() is called on all machines via device_initcall(). Move the rmii_en assignment below the machine check so that it is only dereferenced when running on a supported SoC.

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux

affected
bae105879f2f2404155da6f50b3636193d228a62 - < c06f476e5b74bcabb8c4a2fba55864a37e62843b
affected
bae105879f2f2404155da6f50b3636193d228a62 - < a12b356d45cbb6e8a1b718d1436b3d6239a862f3
affected
bae105879f2f2404155da6f50b3636193d228a62 - < c64e2ed5cc376e137e572babfd2edc38b2cfb61b
affected
bae105879f2f2404155da6f50b3636193d228a62 - < 89931d4762572aaee6edbe5673d41f8082de110f
affected
bae105879f2f2404155da6f50b3636193d228a62 - < 0a312ec66a03133d28570f07bc52749ccfef54da

+3 more versions

Linux

Linux

affected
2.6.33
unaffected
0 - < 2.6.33
unaffected
4.9.311 - <= 4.9.*
unaffected
4.14.276 - <= 4.14.*
unaffected
4.19.239 - <= 4.19.*

+5 more versions

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