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nvd416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67NVD:CVE-2021-46994
HistoryFeb 28, 2024 - 9:15 a.m.

CVE-2021-46994

2024-02-2809:15:37
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
web.nvd.nist.gov
linux kernel
vulnerability
can: mcp251x
interface
fix error handling
null dereference error

6.3 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.7%

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

can: mcp251x: fix resume from sleep before interface was brought up

Since 8ce8c0abcba3 the driver queues work via priv->restart_work when
resuming after suspend, even when the interface was not previously
enabled. This causes a null dereference error as the workqueue is only
allocated and initialized in mcp251x_open().

To fix this we move the workqueue init to mcp251x_can_probe() as there
is no reason to do it later and repeat it whenever mcp251x_open() is
called.

[mkl: fix error handling in mcp251x_stop()]

6.3 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.7%