{"cve":"CVE-2021-47394","nvd":{"published":"2024-05-21T15:15:24.710","modified":"2026-08-04T10:17:01.600","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: nf_tables: unlink table before deleting it\n\nsyzbot reports following UAF:\nBUG: KASAN: use-after-free in memcmp+0x18f/0x1c0 lib/string.c:955\n nla_strcmp+0xf2/0x130 lib/nlattr.c:836\n nft_table_lookup.part.0+0x1a2/0x460 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:570\n nft_table_lookup net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:4064 [inline]\n nf_tables_getset+0x1b3/0x860 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:4064\n nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0x659/0x13f0 net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:285\n netlink_rcv_skb+0x153/0x420 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2504\n\nProblem is that all get operations are lockless, so the commit_mutex\nheld by nft_rcv_nl_event() isn't enough to stop a parallel GET request\nfrom doing read-accesses to the table object even after synchronize_rcu().\n\nTo avoid this, unlink the table first and store the table objects in\non-stack scratch space.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a499b03bf36b0c2e3b958a381d828678ab0ffc5e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f65c73d3aabb87d4353e0bc4a718b5ae8c43fd04","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a499b03bf36b0c2e3b958a381d828678ab0ffc5e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f65c73d3aabb87d4353e0bc4a718b5ae8c43fd04"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:50:30.954589733+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2021-47394","score":0.00235,"percentile":0.14463,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}