CVE-2021-47669 (GCVE-0-2021-47669)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-04-17 18:01
Modified
2026-05-11 13:58
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
can: vxcan: vxcan_xmit: fix use after free bug
After calling netif_rx_ni(skb), dereferencing skb is unsafe.
Especially, the canfd_frame cfd which aliases skb memory is accessed
after the netif_rx_ni().
References
Impacted products
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