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Unscored CVE-2021-47294 EUVD-2021-34299GHSA-wc9c-rv2v-442r

netrom: Decrease sock refcount when sock timers expire

Published May 21, 2024 · Updated May 23, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.4 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-aws-hwe Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-4.15 Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.4 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-4.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.4 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.4 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lts-xenial Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.4 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-5.4 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-vmware Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 4.4.173 – < 4.4.277, 4.9.155 – < 4.9.277, 4.14.98 – < 4.14.241, 4.19.20 – < 4.19.199, 3.18.134 – < 3.19, 4.20.7 – < 4.21, 5.0 4.4.277

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 5.14.6-1 —
Debian 13 linux 5.14.6-1 —
Debian 12 linux 5.14.6-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +22 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-88.99 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1057.60 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1059.62 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1019.22 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1053.57 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +26 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.4.0-1024.25 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1005.6 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1047.49 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1055.59 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1044.48 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux 4.15.0-159.167 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-aws 4.15.0-1112.119 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1057.60~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-azure-4.15 4.15.0-1124.137 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1059.62~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-4.15 4.15.0-1109.123 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1053.57~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-87.98~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-kvm 4.15.0-1100.102 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1081.89 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1055.59~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1044.48~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1069.73+fips2 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1073.76+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1034.40 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1067.71~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 4.15.0-2054.56 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 4.15.0-2036.40 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips 4.15.0-1070.79 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 4.15.0-2019.21 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS linux-fips 4.4.0-1119.126 USN-7865-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux 4.4.0-274.308 USN-7863-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-aws 4.4.0-1187.202 USN-7863-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-aws-hwe 4.15.0-1112.119~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1124.137~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-gcp 4.15.0-1109.123~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-hwe 4.15.0-159.167~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-kvm 4.4.0-1150.161 USN-7863-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1081.89~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-aws 4.4.0-1149.155 USN-7863-1
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1124.137~14.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-lts-xenial 4.4.0-274.308~14.04.1 USN-7863-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-azure +2 4.12.14-16.191.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2360-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-docs +4 4.12.14-122.222.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2561-1
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 kernel-azure +2 4.12.14-16.191.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2360-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 kernel-syms +2 4.12.14-122.222.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2561-1
SLE Real Time 12 SP5 kernel-rt +3 4.12.14-10.191.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2381-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kernel-default 4.12.14-122.222.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2561-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_58 1-8.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2561-1

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