{"cve":"CVE-2021-47424","nvd":{"published":"2024-05-21T15:15:27.830","modified":"2026-06-17T04:17:26.420","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ni40e: Fix freeing of uninitialized misc IRQ vector\n\nWhen VSI set up failed in i40e_probe() as part of PF switch set up\ndriver was trying to free misc IRQ vectors in\ni40e_clear_interrupt_scheme and produced a kernel Oops:\n\n   Trying to free already-free IRQ 266\n   WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5 at kernel/irq/manage.c:1731 __free_irq+0x9a/0x300\n   Workqueue: events work_for_cpu_fn\n   RIP: 0010:__free_irq+0x9a/0x300\n   Call Trace:\n   ? synchronize_irq+0x3a/0xa0\n   free_irq+0x2e/0x60\n   i40e_clear_interrupt_scheme+0x53/0x190 [i40e]\n   i40e_probe.part.108+0x134b/0x1a40 [i40e]\n   ? kmem_cache_alloc+0x158/0x1c0\n   ? acpi_ut_update_ref_count.part.1+0x8e/0x345\n   ? acpi_ut_update_object_reference+0x15e/0x1e2\n   ? strstr+0x21/0x70\n   ? irq_get_irq_data+0xa/0x20\n   ? mp_check_pin_attr+0x13/0xc0\n   ? irq_get_irq_data+0xa/0x20\n   ? mp_map_pin_to_irq+0xd3/0x2f0\n   ? acpi_register_gsi_ioapic+0x93/0x170\n   ? pci_conf1_read+0xa4/0x100\n   ? pci_bus_read_config_word+0x49/0x70\n   ? do_pci_enable_device+0xcc/0x100\n   local_pci_probe+0x41/0x90\n   work_for_cpu_fn+0x16/0x20\n   process_one_work+0x1a7/0x360\n   worker_thread+0x1cf/0x390\n   ? create_worker+0x1a0/0x1a0\n   kthread+0x112/0x130\n   ? kthread_flush_work_fn+0x10/0x10\n   ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x40\n\nThe problem is that at that point misc IRQ vectors\nwere not allocated yet and we get a call trace\nthat driver is trying to free already free IRQ vectors.\n\nAdd a check in i40e_clear_interrupt_scheme for __I40E_MISC_IRQ_REQUESTED\nPF state before calling i40e_free_misc_vector. This state is set only if\nmisc IRQ vectors were properly initialized.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-908"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17063cac4088b8e2fc0f633abddca5426ed58312","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e5a20573a926302b233b0c2e1077f5debc7ab2e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60ad4cde0ad28921f9ea25b0201c774b95ffa4b4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75099439209d3cda439a1d9b00d19a50f0066fef","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97aeed72af4f83ae51534f0a2473ff52f8d66236"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:50:30.954589733+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2021-47424","score":0.00222,"percentile":0.12886,"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."]}