{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-47479 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2021-47479 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 22 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2021-47479 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2021-47479 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 22 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-47479 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-47479/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-47479/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-47479","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-47479/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-47479","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47479","GHSA-r7gr-mhrj-m5wq","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47479"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel driver","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel rtl8712 driver allows attackers to cause denial of service or potentially execute code via a race condition.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"use_after_free"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[{"product":"linux_kernel","vendor":"linux"}],"cvss":{"score":7,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-416","name":"Use After Free"}],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nstaging: rtl8712: fix use-after-free in rtl8712_dl_fw\n\nSyzbot reported use-after-free in rtl8712_dl_fw(). The problem was in\nrace condition between r871xu_dev_remove() -\u003endo_open() callback.\n\nIt's easy to see from crash log, that driver accesses released firmware\nin -\u003endo_open() callback. It may happen, since driver was releasing\nfirmware _before_ unregistering netdev. Fix it by moving\nunregister_netdev() before cleaning up resources.\n\nCall Trace:\n...\n rtl871x_open_fw drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c:83 [inline]\n rtl8712_dl_fw+0xd95/0xe10 drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c:170\n rtl8712_hal_init drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c:330 [inline]\n rtl871x_hal_init+0xae/0x180 drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c:394\n netdev_open+0xe6/0x6c0 drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c:380\n __dev_open+0x2bc/0x4d0 net/core/dev.c:1484\n\nFreed by task 1306:\n...\n release_firmware+0x1b/0x30 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:1053\n r871xu_dev_remove+0xcc/0x2c0 drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_intf.c:599\n usb_unbind_interface+0x1d8/0x8d0 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:458","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"staging: rtl8712: fix use-after-free in rtl8712_dl_fw","id":"CVE-2021-47479","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"linux:linux_kernel","products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"type":"use_after_free","year":"2021"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":4,"next":{"headline":"scsi: core: Put LLD module refcnt after SCSI device is released","id":"CVE-2021-47480"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"isofs: Fix out of bound access for corrupted isofs image","id":"CVE-2021-47478"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2024-05-22","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write","id":"CVE-2026-53266","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2026-06-25"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation","id":"CVE-2013-6282","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-11-19"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2022-0185","kev_date_added":"2024-08-21","published":"2022-02-11"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2013-2094","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-05-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Unspecified","id":"CVE-2026-53362","kev_date_added":"2026-08-27","published":"2026-07-04"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Missing Initialization of a Variable","id":"CVE-2026-46300","kev_date_added":"2026-10-28","published":"2026-05-23"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Race Condition","id":"CVE-2025-39964","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2025-10-13"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-05-23","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel rtl8712 driver allows attackers to cause denial of service or potentially execute code via a race condition.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-47479/"}