# CVE-2021-47419: net/sched: sch_taprio: properly cancel timer from taprio_destroy()

> A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's taprio scheduler allows local attackers to cause a system crash by failing to cancel a timer during destruction.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47419, GHSA-h9p9-4f35-pxjm, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47419

## What is CVE-2021-47419?

CVE-2021-47419 is a high-severity use after free 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:

net/sched: sch_taprio: properly cancel timer from taprio_destroy()

There is a comment in qdisc_create() about us not calling ops->reset()
in some cases.

err_out4:
	/*
	 * Any broken qdiscs that would require a ops->reset() here?
	 * The qdisc was never in action so it shouldn't be necessary.
	 */

As taprio sets a timer before actually receiving a packet, we need
to cancel it from ops->destroy, just in case ops->reset has not
been called.

syzbot reported:

ODEBUG: free active (active state 0) object type: hrtimer hint: advance_sched+0x0/0x9a0 arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_64.h:22
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 8441 at lib/debugobjects.c:505 debug_print_object+0x16e/0x250 lib/debugobjects.c:505
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 8441 Comm: syz-executor813 Not tainted 5.14.0-rc6-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011
RIP: 0010:debug_print_object+0x16e/0x250 lib/debugobjects.c:505
Code: ff df 48 89 fa 48 c1 ea 03 80 3c 02 00 0f 85 af 00 00 00 48 8b 14 dd e0 d3 e3 89 4c 89 ee 48 c7 c7 e0 c7 e3 89 e8 5b 86 11 05 <0f> 0b 83 05 85 03 92 09 01 48 83 c4 18 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e c3
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000130f330 EFLAGS: 00010282
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000003 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: ffff88802baeb880 RSI: ffffffff815d87b5 RDI: fffff52000261e58
RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: ffffffff815d25ee R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffffff898dd020
R13: ffffffff89e3ce20 R14: ffffffff81653630 R15: dffffc0000000000
FS:  0000000000f0d300(0000) GS:ffff8880b9d00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007ffb64b3e000 CR3: 0000000036557000 CR4: 00000000001506e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 __debug_check_no_obj_freed lib/debugobjects.c:987 [inline]
 debug_check_no_obj_freed+0x301/0x420 lib/debugobjects.c:1018
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1603 [inline]
 slab_free_freelist_hook+0x171/0x240 mm/slub.c:1653
 slab_free mm/slub.c:3213 [inline]
 kfree+0xe4/0x540 mm/slub.c:4267
 qdisc_create+0xbcf/0x1320 net/sched/sch_api.c:1299
 tc_modify_qdisc+0x4c8/0x1a60 net/sched/sch_api.c:1663
 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x413/0xb80 net/core/rtnetlink.c:5571
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x153/0x420 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2504
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1314 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x533/0x7d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1340
 netlink_sendmsg+0x86d/0xdb0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1929
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:704 [inline]
 sock_sendmsg+0xcf/0x120 net/socket.c:724
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x6e8/0x810 net/socket.c:2403
 ___sys_sendmsg+0xf3/0x170 net/socket.c:2457
 __sys_sendmsg+0xe5/0x1b0 net/socket.c:2486
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-47419?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-47419?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2021-47419 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-47419 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-47419 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-47419 is a high-severity use after free 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-2021-47419 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-2021-47419/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-47419/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47419
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-47419
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-47419

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-47419/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.