CVE-2021-4454
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2021
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
can: j1939: fix errant WARN_ON_ONCE in j1939_session_deactivate
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: j1939: fix errant WARN_ON_ONCE in j1939_session_deactivate The conclusion "j1939_session_deactivate() should be called with a session ref-count of at least 2" is incorrect. In some concurrent scenarios, j1939_session_deactivate can be called with the session ref-count less than 2. But there is not any problem because it will check the session active state before session putting in j1939_session_deactivate_locked(). Here is the concurrent scenario of the problem reported by syzbot and my reproduction log. cpu0 cpu1 j1939_xtp_rx_eoma j1939_xtp_rx_abort_one j1939_session_get_by_addr [kref == 2] j1939_session_get_by_addr [kref == 3] j1939_session_deactivate [kref == 2] j1939_session_put [kref == 1] j1939_session_completed j1939_session_deactivate WARN_ON_ONCE(kref < 2) ===================================================== WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 21 at net/can/j1939/transport.c:1088 j1939_session_deactivate+0x5f/0x70 CPU: 1 PID: 21 Comm: ksoftirqd/1 Not tainted 5.14.0-rc7+ #32 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.13.0-1ubuntu1 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:j1939_session_deactivate+0x5f/0x70 Call Trace: j1939_session_deactivate_activate_next+0x11/0x28 j1939_xtp_rx_eoma+0x12a/0x180 j1939_tp_recv+0x4a2/0x510 j1939_can_recv+0x226/0x380 can_rcv_filter+0xf8/0x220 can_receive+0x102/0x220 ? process_backlog+0xf0/0x2c0 can_rcv+0x53/0xf0 __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x67/0x90 ? process_backlog+0x97/0x2c0 __netif_receive_skb+0x22/0x80
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7eef18c0479ba5d9f54fba30cd77c233ebca3eb1 | affected | git | 6950df42a03c9ac9290503ced3f371199cb68fa9 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 55dd22c5d029423f513fd849e633adf0e9c10d0c | affected | git | b6d44072117bba057d50f7a2f96e5d070c65926d | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0c71437dd50dd687c15d8ca80b3b68f10bb21d63 | affected | git | 9ab896775f98ff54b68512f345eed178bf961084 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0c71437dd50dd687c15d8ca80b3b68f10bb21d63 | affected | git | 1740a1e45eee65099a92fb502e1e67e63aad277d | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0c71437dd50dd687c15d8ca80b3b68f10bb21d63 | affected | git | d0553680f94c49bbe0e39eb50d033ba563b4212d | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5e1fc537c1be332aef9621ca9146aeb3ba59522f | affected | git | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5.4.138 | affected | semver | 5.4.232 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5.10.56 | affected | semver | 5.10.168 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5.13.8 | affected | semver | 5.14 | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.14 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 5.14 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5.4.232 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.4.* | None listed |
| 5.10.168 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.10.* | None listed |
| 5.15.93 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.15.* | None listed |
| 6.1.11 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.1.* | None listed |
| 6.2 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |