In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
igbvf: fix double free in `igbvf_probe`
In `igbvf_probe`, if register_netdev() fails, the program will go to
label err_hw_init, and then to label err_ioremap. In free_netdev() which
is just below label err_ioremap, there is `list_for_each_entry_safe` and
`netif_napi_del` which aims to delete all entries in `dev->napi_list`.
The program has added an entry `adapter->rx_ring->napi` which is added by
`netif_napi_add` in igbvf_alloc_queues(). However, adapter->rx_ring has
been freed below label err_hw_init. So this a UAF.
In terms of how to patch the problem, we can refer to igbvf_remove() and
delete the entry before `adapter->rx_ring`.
The KASAN logs are as follows:
[   35.126075] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in free_netdev+0x1fd/0x450
[   35.127170] Read of size 8 at addr ffff88810126d990 by task modprobe/366
[   35.128360]
[   35.128643] CPU: 1 PID: 366 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 5.15.0-rc2+ #14
[   35.129789] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.12.0-59-gc9ba5276e321-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
[   35.131749] Call Trace:
[   35.132199]  dump_stack_lvl+0x59/0x7b
[   35.132865]  print_address_description+0x7c/0x3b0
[   35.133707]  ? free_netdev+0x1fd/0x450
[   35.134378]  __kasan_report+0x160/0x1c0
[   35.135063]  ? free_netdev+0x1fd/0x450
[   35.135738]  kasan_report+0x4b/0x70
[   35.136367]  free_netdev+0x1fd/0x450
[   35.137006]  igbvf_probe+0x121d/0x1a10 [igbvf]
[   35.137808]  ? igbvf_vlan_rx_add_vid+0x100/0x100 [igbvf]
[   35.138751]  local_pci_probe+0x13c/0x1f0
[   35.139461]  pci_device_probe+0x37e/0x6c0
[   35.165526]
[   35.165806] Allocated by task 366:
[   35.166414]  ____kasan_kmalloc+0xc4/0xf0
[   35.167117]  foo_kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x3c/0x50 [igbvf]
[   35.168078]  igbvf_probe+0x9c5/0x1a10 [igbvf]
[   35.168866]  local_pci_probe+0x13c/0x1f0
[   35.169565]  pci_device_probe+0x37e/0x6c0
[   35.179713]
[   35.179993] Freed by task 366:
[   35.180539]  kasan_set_track+0x4c/0x80
[   35.181211]  kasan_set_free_info+0x1f/0x40
[   35.181942]  ____kasan_slab_free+0x103/0x140
[   35.182703]  kfree+0xe3/0x250
[   35.183239]  igbvf_probe+0x1173/0x1a10 [igbvf]
[   35.184040]  local_pci_probe+0x13c/0x1f0
                
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Affected Vendors & Products
References
        History
                    Mon, 05 May 2025 08:15:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added | 
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| Metrics | ssvc 
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Tue, 27 Aug 2024 03:45:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added | 
|---|---|---|
| First Time appeared | Linux Linux linux Kernel | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products | Linux Linux linux Kernel | |
| Metrics | cvssV3_1 
 | cvssV3_1 
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published: 2024-06-19T14:53:53.565Z
Updated: 2025-05-04T07:14:15.834Z
Reserved: 2024-05-24T15:11:00.732Z
Link: CVE-2021-47589
 Vulnrichment
                        Vulnrichment
                    Updated: 2024-08-04T05:39:59.864Z
 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Modified
Published: 2024-06-19T15:15:53.490
Modified: 2024-11-21T06:36:36.933
Link: CVE-2021-47589
 Redhat
                        Redhat