CVE-2021-47482
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)
net: batman-adv: fix error handling
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: batman-adv: fix error handling Syzbot reported ODEBUG warning in batadv_nc_mesh_free(). The problem was in wrong error handling in batadv_mesh_init(). Before this patch batadv_mesh_init() was calling batadv_mesh_free() in case of any batadv_*_init() calls failure. This approach may work well, when there is some kind of indicator, which can tell which parts of batadv are initialized; but there isn't any. All written above lead to cleaning up uninitialized fields. Even if we hide ODEBUG warning by initializing bat_priv->nc.work, syzbot was able to hit GPF in batadv_nc_purge_paths(), because hash pointer in still NULL. [1] To fix these bugs we can unwind batadv_*_init() calls one by one. It is good approach for 2 reasons: 1) It fixes bugs on error handling path 2) It improves the performance, since we won't call unneeded batadv_*_free() functions. So, this patch makes all batadv_*_init() clean up all allocated memory before returning with an error to no call correspoing batadv_*_free() and open-codes batadv_mesh_free() with proper order to avoid touching uninitialized fields.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c6c8fea29769d998d94fcec9b9f14d4b52b349d3 | affected | git | 0c6b199f09be489c48622537a550787fc80aea73 | Unavailable | None listed |
| c6c8fea29769d998d94fcec9b9f14d4b52b349d3 | affected | git | 07533f1a673ce1126d0a72ef1e4b5eaaa3dd6d20 | Unavailable | None listed |
| c6c8fea29769d998d94fcec9b9f14d4b52b349d3 | affected | git | e50f957652190b5a88a8ebce7e5ab14ebd0d3f00 | Unavailable | None listed |
| c6c8fea29769d998d94fcec9b9f14d4b52b349d3 | affected | git | fbf150b16a3635634b7dfb7f229d8fcd643c6c51 | Unavailable | None listed |
| c6c8fea29769d998d94fcec9b9f14d4b52b349d3 | affected | git | 6422e8471890273994fe8cc6d452b0dcd2c9483e | Unavailable | None listed |
| c6c8fea29769d998d94fcec9b9f14d4b52b349d3 | affected | git | b0a2cd38553c77928ef1646ed1518486b1e70ae8 | Unavailable | None listed |
| c6c8fea29769d998d94fcec9b9f14d4b52b349d3 | affected | git | a8f7359259dd5923adc6129284fdad12fc5db347 | Unavailable | None listed |
| c6c8fea29769d998d94fcec9b9f14d4b52b349d3 | affected | git | 6f68cd634856f8ca93bafd623ba5357e0f648c68 | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6.38 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 2.6.38 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 4.4.293 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 4.4.* | None listed |
| 4.9.289 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 4.9.* | None listed |
| 4.14.254 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 4.14.* | None listed |
| 4.19.215 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 4.19.* | None listed |
| 5.4.157 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.4.* | None listed |
| 5.10.77 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.10.* | None listed |
| 5.14.16 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.14.* | None listed |
| 5.15 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |