CVE-2021-47424

i40e: Fix freeing of uninitialized misc IRQ vector

Published May 21, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

i40e: Fix freeing of uninitialized misc IRQ vector

When VSI set up failed in i40e_probe() as part of PF switch set up
driver was trying to free misc IRQ vectors in
i40e_clear_interrupt_scheme and produced a kernel Oops:

Trying to free already-free IRQ 266
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5 at kernel/irq/manage.c:1731 __free_irq+0x9a/0x300
Workqueue: events work_for_cpu_fn
RIP: 0010:__free_irq+0x9a/0x300
Call Trace:
? synchronize_irq+0x3a/0xa0
free_irq+0x2e/0x60
i40e_clear_interrupt_scheme+0x53/0x190 [i40e]
i40e_probe.part.108+0x134b/0x1a40 [i40e]
? kmem_cache_alloc+0x158/0x1c0
? acpi_ut_update_ref_count.part.1+0x8e/0x345
? acpi_ut_update_object_reference+0x15e/0x1e2
? strstr+0x21/0x70
? irq_get_irq_data+0xa/0x20
? mp_check_pin_attr+0x13/0xc0
? irq_get_irq_data+0xa/0x20
? mp_map_pin_to_irq+0xd3/0x2f0
? acpi_register_gsi_ioapic+0x93/0x170
? pci_conf1_read+0xa4/0x100
? pci_bus_read_config_word+0x49/0x70
? do_pci_enable_device+0xcc/0x100
local_pci_probe+0x41/0x90
work_for_cpu_fn+0x16/0x20
process_one_work+0x1a7/0x360
worker_thread+0x1cf/0x390
? create_worker+0x1a0/0x1a0
kthread+0x112/0x130
? kthread_flush_work_fn+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x40

The problem is that at that point misc IRQ vectors
were not allocated yet and we get a call trace
that driver is trying to free already free IRQ vectors.

Add a check in i40e_clear_interrupt_scheme for __I40E_MISC_IRQ_REQUESTED
PF state before calling i40e_free_misc_vector. This state is set only if
misc IRQ vectors were properly initialized.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-908
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Published
Updated
May 11, 2026, 1:54 PM
Reserved
May 21, 2024, 2:58 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
May 21, 2024, 3:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:17 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
May 21, 2024, 12:00 AM