CVE-2021-47372: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: macb: fix use after free on rmmod plat_dev->dev->platform_data is released by platform_device_unregister(), use of pclk and hclk is a use-after-free. Since device unregister won't need a clk device we adjust the function call sequence to fix this issue. [ 31.261225] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in macb_remove+0x77/0xc6 [macb_pci] [ 31.275563] Freed by task 306: [ 30.276782] platform_device_release+0x25/0x80

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: before 4.14.249 (fixed in 4.14.249); from 4.15, before 4.19.209 (fixed in 4.19.209); from 4.20, before 5.4.150 (fixed in 5.4.150); from 5.5, before 5.10.70 (fixed in 5.10.70); from 5.11, before 5.14.9 (fixed in 5.14.9); version 5.15 only

Published 2024-05-21. Last modified 2026-06-17.