CVE-2021-46995: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: mcp251xfd: mcp251xfd_probe(): fix an error pointer dereference in probe When we converted this code to use dev_err_probe() we accidentally removed a return. It means that if devm_clk_get() it will lead to an Oops when we call clk_get_rate() on the next line.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.12, before 5.12.5 (fixed in 5.12.5)

Published 2024-02-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.