Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 28, 2024· Updated May 4, 2025
i40e: Fix use-after-free in i40e_client_subtask()
CVE-2021-46991
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
i40e: Fix use-after-free in i40e_client_subtask()
Currently the call to i40e_client_del_instance frees the object pf->cinst, however pf->cinst->lan_info is being accessed after the free. Fix this by adding the missing return.
Addresses-Coverity: ("Read from pointer after free")
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Affected products
91- osv-coords89 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References
6- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fd5d262e7442192ac7611ff1597a36c5b044323mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/38318f23a7ef86a8b1862e5e8078c4de121960c3mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ebc10aa7cd17fd9857dedac69600465c9dd16d1mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/829a713450b8fb127cbabfc1244c1d8179ec5107mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1322eaeb8af0d8985b5cc5fa759140fa0e57b84mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d718c15a2bf9ae082d5ae4d177fb19ef23cb4132mitre
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