Vulnerability · Published May 22, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2021-47459can: j1939: j1939_netdev_start(): fix UAF for rx_kref of j1939_priv

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 13% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 86.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: j1939: j1939_netdev_start(): fix UAF for rx_kref of j1939_priv It will trigger UAF for rx_kref of j1939_priv as following. cpu0 cpu1 j1939_sk_bind(socket0, ndev0, ...) j1939_netdev_start j1939_sk_bind(socket1, ndev0, ...) j1939_netdev_start j1939_priv_set j1939_priv_get_by_ndev_locked j1939_jsk_add ..... j1939_netdev_stop kref_put_lock(&priv->rx_kref, ...) kref_get(&priv->rx_kref, ...) REFCOUNT_WARN("addition on 0;...") ==================================================== refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free. WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 20874 at lib/refcount.c:25 refcount_warn_saturate+0x169/0x1e0 RIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0x169/0x1e0 Call Trace: j1939_netdev_start+0x68b/0x920 j1939_sk_bind+0x426/0xeb0 ? security_socket_bind+0x83/0xb0 The rx_kref's kref_get() and kref_put() should use j1939_netdev_lock to protect.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:9bpftool7.3.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-core5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-core5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-core5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-devel5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-devel-matched5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules-core5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules-extra5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-abi-stablelists5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-core5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-cross-headers5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-core5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-devel5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-devel-matched5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules-core5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-uki-virt5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-devel5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-devel-matched5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-doc5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-headers5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules-core5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules-extra5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-core5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-core5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-devel5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-core5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-devel5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules-core5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules-extra5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs-devel5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-uki-virt5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-core5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-devel5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9libperf5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9perf5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9python3-perf5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9rtla5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
AlmaLinux:9rv5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4928
Debian:12linux5.14.16-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47459
Debian:13linux5.14.16-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47459
Debian:14linux5.14.16-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47459
Rocky Linux:9kernel0:5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4.cloud.1.0RXSA-2024:4928
Rocky Linux:9kernel0:5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4RLSA-2024:4928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47459
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47459
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47459
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47459
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47459
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47459
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47459
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47459
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47459
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47459
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47459
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47459
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47459
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47459
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47459
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47459
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47459
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47459
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47459
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47459
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47459
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47459
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47459
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-47459

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 9d71dd0c70099914fcd063135da3c580865e924c – before a0e47d2833b4f65e6c799f28c6b636d36b8b936d9d71dd0c70099914fcd063135da3c580865e924c – before 864e77771a24c877aaf53aee019f78619cbcd6689d71dd0c70099914fcd063135da3c580865e924c – before 6e8811707e2df0c6ba920f0cad3a3bca7b42132f9d71dd0c70099914fcd063135da3c580865e924c – before d9d52a3ebd284882f5562c88e55991add5d01586
Linux Linux 5.4

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