Vulnerability Details : CVE-2021-46994
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
can: mcp251x: fix resume from sleep before interface was brought up
Since 8ce8c0abcba3 the driver queues work via priv->restart_work when
resuming after suspend, even when the interface was not previously
enabled. This causes a null dereference error as the workqueue is only
allocated and initialized in mcp251x_open().
To fix this we move the workqueue init to mcp251x_can_probe() as there
is no reason to do it later and repeat it whenever mcp251x_open() is
called.
[mkl: fix error handling in mcp251x_stop()]
Products affected by CVE-2021-46994
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-46994
0.05%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 12 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2021-46994
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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5.5
|
MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
1.8
|
3.6
|
NIST | 2024-12-06 |
CWE ids for CVE-2021-46994
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The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2021-46994
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eecb4df8ec9f896b19ee05bfa632ac6c1dcd8f21
can: mcp251x: fix resume from sleep before interface was brought up - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable treePatch
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03c427147b2d3e503af258711af4fc792b89b0af
can: mcp251x: fix resume from sleep before interface was brought up - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable treePatch
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1e10a390fd9479209c4d834d916ca5e6d5d396b
can: mcp251x: fix resume from sleep before interface was brought up - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable treePatch
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f8f1c27b577de15f69fefce3c502bb6300d825c
can: mcp251x: fix resume from sleep before interface was brought up - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable treePatch
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