CVE-2021-47232: Linux Kernel

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: j1939: fix Use-after-Free, hold skb ref while in use This patch fixes a Use-after-Free found by the syzbot. The problem is that a skb is taken from the per-session skb queue, without incrementing the ref count. This leads to a Use-after-Free if the skb is taken concurrently from the session queue due to a CTS.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.4, before 5.4.128 (fixed in 5.4.128); from 5.5, before 5.10.46 (fixed in 5.10.46); from 5.11, before 5.12.13 (fixed in 5.12.13); version 5.13 only

Published 2024-05-21. Last modified 2026-08-04.