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CVE-2021-47321

watchdog: Fix possible use-after-free by calling del_timer_sync()

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: watchdog: Fix possible use-after-free by calling del_timer_sync() This driver's remove path calls del_timer(). However, that function does not wait until the timer handler finishes. This means that the timer handler may still be running after the driver's remove function has finished, which would result in a use-after-free. Fix by calling del_timer_sync(), which makes sure the timer handler has finished, and unable to re-schedule itself.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By Linux

  2. Published

  3. · 24 months later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2021-47321, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Analyzed3.1High7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.25% · top 84% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.

Affected products

  • Linux · Linux

    • affected 7c25f8c9f67708e6464d2221bc311cbd99e950dc – < 58606882ad8ec6c39e0f40344b922921ef94ab4d
    • affected 7c25f8c9f67708e6464d2221bc311cbd99e950dc – < ca96b8ea5e74956071154bdb456778cc3027e79f
    • affected 7c25f8c9f67708e6464d2221bc311cbd99e950dc – < 8bec568d7518b1504a602ed5376bb322e4dbb270
    • affected 7c25f8c9f67708e6464d2221bc311cbd99e950dc – < ecd620e0fb1ff7f78fdb593379b2e6938c99707a
    • affected 7c25f8c9f67708e6464d2221bc311cbd99e950dc – < db222f1477ad5692cd454709b714949807e5d111
    • affected 7c25f8c9f67708e6464d2221bc311cbd99e950dc – < 66ba9cf929b1c4fabf545bd4c18f6f64e23e46e4
    • affected 7c25f8c9f67708e6464d2221bc311cbd99e950dc – < 4c05dac488a660fe2925c047ecb119e7afaaeb1e
    • affected 7c25f8c9f67708e6464d2221bc311cbd99e950dc – < 1a053c4d716898a53c2e31c574a70ea0c37044a3
    • affected 7c25f8c9f67708e6464d2221bc311cbd99e950dc – < d0212f095ab56672f6f36aabc605bda205e1e0bf
  • Linux · Linux

    • affected 4.3
    • unaffected < 4.3
    • unaffected 4.4.276 – ≤ 4.4.*
    • unaffected 4.9.276 – ≤ 4.9.*
    • unaffected 4.14.240 – ≤ 4.14.*
    • unaffected 4.19.198 – ≤ 4.19.*
    • unaffected 5.4.134 – ≤ 5.4.*
    • unaffected 5.10.52 – ≤ 5.10.*
    • unaffected 5.12.19 – ≤ 5.12.*
    • unaffected 5.13.4 – ≤ 5.13.*
    • unaffected 5.14 – ≤ *

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