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CVE-2021-47564 — Linux Linux Kernel security vulnerability

High CVSS 7.8

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: marvell: prestera: fix double free issue on err path fix error path handling in prestera_bridge_port_join() that cases prestera driver to crash (see below). Trace: Internal error: Oops: 96000044 [#1] SMP Modules linked in: prestera_pci prestera uio_pdrv_genirq CPU: 1 PID: 881 Comm: ip Not tainted 5.15.0 #1 pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : prestera_bridge_destroy+0x2c/0xb0 [prestera] lr : prestera_bridge_port_join+0x2cc/0x350 [prestera] sp : ffff800011a1b0f0 ... x2 : ffff000109ca6c80 x1 : dead000000000100 x0 : dead000000000122 Call trace: prestera_bridge_destroy+0x2c/0xb0 [prestera] prestera_bridge_port_join+0x2cc/0x350 [prestera] prestera_netdev_port_event.constprop.0+0x3c4/0x450 [prestera] prestera_netdev_event_handler+0xf4/0x110 [prestera] raw_notifier_call_chain+0x54/0x80 call_netdevice_notifiers_info+0x54/0xa0 __netdev_upper_dev_link+0x19c/0x380

Severity
High
CVSS
7.8 (3.1)
Published
2024-05-24
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
linux/kernel
Weaknesses
CWE-415

Affected products

  • linux / linux_kernel
  • linux / linux_kernel / 5.16

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Matched remediation archetype

Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption

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Check exposure

  • Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
  • Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.
  • Confirm statically linked, vendored, firmware, and platform-provided copies, not only package-manager records.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
  • Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.
  • Enable supported compiler and runtime hardening and add sanitized tests and fuzz regression seeds derived from non-weaponized fixtures.

Authoritative sources

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