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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 24, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-47501

CVE-2021-47501

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

i40e: Fix NULL pointer dereference in i40e_dbg_dump_desc

When trying to dump VFs VSI RX/TX descriptors using debugfs there was a crash due to NULL pointer dereference in i40e_dbg_dump_desc. Added a check to i40e_dbg_dump_desc that checks if VSI type is correct for dumping RX/TX descriptors.

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