# CVE-2021-47284: isdn: mISDN: netjet: Fix crash in nj_probe:

> A bug in the Linux kernel's mISDN netjet driver causes a crash when device setup fails, leading to a denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 21 May 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47284, GHSA-pcwf-v3ph-3p9v, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47284

## What is CVE-2021-47284?

CVE-2021-47284 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

isdn: mISDN: netjet: Fix crash in nj_probe:

'nj_setup' in netjet.c might fail with -EIO and in this case
'card->irq' is initialized and is bigger than zero. A subsequent call to
'nj_release' will free the irq that has not been requested.

Fix this bug by deleting the previous assignment to 'card->irq' and just
keep the assignment before 'request_irq'.

The KASAN's log reveals it:

[    3.354615 ] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1 at kernel/irq/manage.c:1826
free_irq+0x100/0x480
[    3.355112 ] Modules linked in:
[    3.355310 ] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted
5.13.0-rc1-00144-g25a1298726e #13
[    3.355816 ] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS
rel-1.12.0-59-gc9ba5276e321-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
[    3.356552 ] RIP: 0010:free_irq+0x100/0x480
[    3.356820 ] Code: 6e 08 74 6f 4d 89 f4 e8 5e ac 09 00 4d 8b 74 24 18
4d 85 f6 75 e3 e8 4f ac 09 00 8b 75 c8 48 c7 c7 78 c1 2e 85 e8 e0 cf f5
ff <0f> 0b 48 8b 75 c0 4c 89 ff e8 72 33 0b 03 48 8b 43 40 4c 8b a0 80
[    3.358012 ] RSP: 0000:ffffc90000017b48 EFLAGS: 00010082
[    3.358357 ] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888104dc8000 RCX:
0000000000000000
[    3.358814 ] RDX: ffff8881003c8000 RSI: ffffffff8124a9e6 RDI:
00000000ffffffff
[    3.359272 ] RBP: ffffc90000017b88 R08: 0000000000000000 R09:
0000000000000000
[    3.359732 ] R10: ffffc900000179f0 R11: 0000000000001d04 R12:
0000000000000000
[    3.360195 ] R13: ffff888107dc6000 R14: ffff888107dc6928 R15:
ffff888104dc80a8
[    3.360652 ] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88817bc00000(0000)
knlGS:0000000000000000
[    3.361170 ] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[    3.361538 ] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 000000000582e000 CR4:
00000000000006f0
[    3.362003 ] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2:
0000000000000000
[    3.362175 ] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7:
0000000000000400
[    3.362175 ] Call Trace:
[    3.362175 ]  nj_release+0x51/0x1e0
[    3.362175 ]  nj_probe+0x450/0x950
[    3.362175 ]  ? pci_device_remove+0x110/0x110
[    3.362175 ]  local_pci_probe+0x45/0xa0
[    3.362175 ]  pci_device_probe+0x12b/0x1d0
[    3.362175 ]  really_probe+0x2a9/0x610
[    3.362175 ]  driver_probe_device+0x90/0x1d0
[    3.362175 ]  ? mutex_lock_nested+0x1b/0x20
[    3.362175 ]  device_driver_attach+0x68/0x70
[    3.362175 ]  __driver_attach+0x124/0x1b0
[    3.362175 ]  ? device_driver_attach+0x70/0x70
[    3.362175 ]  bus_for_each_dev+0xbb/0x110
[    3.362175 ]  ? rdinit_setup+0x45/0x45
[    3.362175 ]  driver_attach+0x27/0x30
[    3.362175 ]  bus_add_driver+0x1eb/0x2a0
[    3.362175 ]  driver_register+0xa9/0x180
[    3.362175 ]  __pci_register_driver+0x82/0x90
[    3.362175 ]  ? w6692_init+0x38/0x38
[    3.362175 ]  nj_init+0x36/0x38
[    3.362175 ]  do_one_initcall+0x7f/0x3d0
[    3.362175 ]  ? rdinit_setup+0x45/0x45
[    3.362175 ]  ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0x4f/0x80
[    3.362175 ]  kernel_init_freeable+0x2aa/0x301
[    3.362175 ]  ? rest_init+0x2c0/0x2c0
[    3.362175 ]  kernel_init+0x18/0x190
[    3.362175 ]  ? rest_init+0x2c0/0x2c0
[    3.362175 ]  ? rest_init+0x2c0/0x2c0
[    3.362175 ]  ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30
[    3.362175 ] Kernel panic - not syncing: panic_on_warn set ...
[    3.362175 ] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted
5.13.0-rc1-00144-g25a1298726e #13
[    3.362175 ] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS
rel-1.12.0-59-gc9ba5276e321-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
[    3.362175 ] Call Trace:
[    3.362175 ]  dump_stack+0xba/0xf5
[    3.362175 ]  ? free_irq+0x100/0x480
[    3.362175 ]  panic+0x15a/0x3f2
[    3.362175 ]  ? __warn+0xf2/0x150
[    3.362175 ]  ? free_irq+0x100/0x480
[    3.362175 ]  __warn+0x108/0x150
[    3.362175 ]  ? free_irq+0x100/0x480
[    3.362175 ]  report_bug+0x119/0x1c0
[    3.362175 ]  handle_bug+0x3b/0x80
[    3.362175 ]  exc_invalid_op+0x18/0x70
[    3.362175 ]  asm_exc_invalid_op+0x12/0x20
[    3.362175 ] RIP: 0010:free_irq+0x100
---truncated---

Weakness: CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-47284?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-47284?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2021-47284 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-47284 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-47284 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-47284 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-47284 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-47284/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-47284/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47284
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-47284
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-47284

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-47284/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.
