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

staging: rtl8712: fix use-after-free in rtl8712_dl_fw

Syzbot reported use-after-free in rtl8712_dl_fw(). The problem was in
race condition between r871xu_dev_remove() ->ndo_open() callback.

It's easy to see from crash log, that driver accesses released firmware
in ->ndo_open() callback. It may happen, since driver was releasing
firmware _before_ unregistering netdev. Fix it by moving
unregister_netdev() before cleaning up resources.

Call Trace:
...
rtl871x_open_fw drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c:83 [inline]
rtl8712_dl_fw+0xd95/0xe10 drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c:170
rtl8712_hal_init drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c:330 [inline]
rtl871x_hal_init+0xae/0x180 drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c:394
netdev_open+0xe6/0x6c0 drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c:380
__dev_open+0x2bc/0x4d0 net/core/dev.c:1484

Freed by task 1306:
...
release_firmware+0x1b/0x30 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:1053
r871xu_dev_remove+0xcc/0x2c0 drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_intf.c:599
usb_unbind_interface+0x1d8/0x8d0 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:458

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Wed, 24 Sep 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.3:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.3:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.3:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.3:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Mon, 04 Nov 2024 12:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

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


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-04T12:41:33.897Z

Reserved: 2024-05-22T06:20:56.200Z

Link: CVE-2021-47479

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T05:39:59.455Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-05-22T09:15:09.817

Modified: 2025-09-24T19:04:38.687

Link: CVE-2021-47479

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-05-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-47479 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-13T11:22:01Z

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