Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 21, 2024· Updated Dec 18, 2025
atm: nicstar: Fix possible use-after-free in nicstar_cleanup()
CVE-2021-47355
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
atm: nicstar: Fix possible use-after-free in nicstar_cleanup()
This module's remove path calls del_timer(). However, that function does not wait until the timer handler finishes. This means that the timer handler may still be running after the driver's remove function has finished, which would result in a use-after-free.
Fix by calling del_timer_sync(), which makes sure the timer handler has finished, and unable to re-schedule itself.
Affected products
23- osv-coords22 versionspkg:rpm/suse/kernel-azure&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-azure&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-docs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-obs-build&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt_debug&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-azure&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-azure&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms-azure&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms-azure&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_57&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2012%20SP5
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-10.188.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-16.188.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-122.219.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-10.188.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-16.188.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-16.188.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-122.219.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-122.219.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-10.188.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-8.3.1
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
9- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f958b6f6ba0854b39be748d21dfe71e0fe6580fmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/34e7434ba4e97f4b85c1423a59b2922ba7dff2eamitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e2a0848ea2cab0716d46f85a8ccd5fa9a493e51mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b991df8881088448cb223e769e37cab8dd40706mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/99779c9d9ffc7775da6f7fd8a7c93ac61657bed5mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7a7b2848312cc4c3a42b6e42a8ab2e441857abamitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7f7c42e31157d1f0871d6a8e1a0b73a6b4ea785mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdf5334250c69fabf555b7322c75249ea7d5f148mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c471569632654e57c83512e0fc1ba0dbb4544ad6mitre
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