CVE-2021-46911 (GCVE-0-2021-46911)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-02-27 06:53
Modified
2026-05-11 13:44
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ch_ktls: Fix kernel panic
Taking page refcount is not ideal and causes kernel panic
sometimes. It's better to take tx_ctx lock for the complete
skb transmit, to avoid page cleanup if ACK received in middle.
References
Impacted products
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