CVE-2021-47294 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2021-47294

netrom: Decrease sock refcount when sock timers expire

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netrom: Decrease sock refcount when sock timers expire Commit 63346650c1a9 ("netrom: switch to sock timer API") switched to use sock timer API. It replaces mod_timer() by sk_reset_timer(), and del_timer() by sk_stop_timer(). Function sk_reset_timer() will increase the refcount of sock if it is called on an inactive timer, hence, in case the timer expires, we need to decrease the refcount ourselves in the handler, otherwise, the sock refcount will be unbalanced and the sock will never be freed.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
ce29e8a259de767f7210d346ad2b031cb8ab2732, baa9e32336bf6d0d74a7c3486d2a27feaf57cd5f, 0adf571fa34b27bd0b97b408cc0f0dc54b72f0eb, 2c6b572458a9127e8070df13fa7f115c29ab1d92, 63346650c1a94a92be61a57416ac88c0a47c4327, f1d9a1f2ef6ff17293d21d5e6b80e04bea0cf508, 519e8a22a454b1f1baa3a151b184fe51bc18e178, 4.4.173, 4.9.155, 4.14.98, 4.19.20, 3.18.134, 4.20.7, 5.0, 0, 4.4.277, 4.9.277, 4.14.241, 4.19.199, 5.4.136, 5.10.54, 5.13.6, 5.14

Timeline

Official Publish: May 21st, 2024
Last Modified: May 23rd, 2026
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.