{"cve":"CVE-2021-47440","nvd":{"published":"2024-05-22T07:15:09.250","modified":"2026-06-17T04:17:28.580","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: encx24j600: check error in devm_regmap_init_encx24j600\n\ndevm_regmap_init may return error which caused by like out of memory,\nthis will results in null pointer dereference later when reading\nor writing register:\n\ngeneral protection fault in encx24j600_spi_probe\nKASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000090-0x0000000000000097]\nCPU: 0 PID: 286 Comm: spi-encx24j600- Not tainted 5.15.0-rc2-00142-g9978db750e31-dirty #11 9c53a778c1306b1b02359f3c2bbedc0222cba652\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.13.0-1ubuntu1.1 04/01/2014\nRIP: 0010:regcache_cache_bypass drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c:540\nCode: 54 41 89 f4 55 53 48 89 fb 48 83 ec 08 e8 26 94 a8 fe 48 8d bb a0 00 00 00 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 89 fa 48 c1 ea 03 <80> 3c 02 00 0f 85 4a 03 00 00 4c 8d ab b0 00 00 00 48 8b ab a0 00\nRSP: 0018:ffffc900010476b8 EFLAGS: 00010207\nRAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: fffffffffffffff4 RCX: 0000000000000000\nRDX: 0000000000000012 RSI: ffff888002de0000 RDI: 0000000000000094\nRBP: ffff888013c9a000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: fffffbfff3f9cc6a\nR10: ffffc900010476e8 R11: fffffbfff3f9cc69 R12: 0000000000000001\nR13: 000000000000000a R14: ffff888013c9af54 R15: ffff888013c9ad08\nFS:  00007ffa984ab580(0000) GS:ffff88801fe00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\nCS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 000055a6384136c8 CR3: 000000003bbe6003 CR4: 0000000000770ef0\nDR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000\nDR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400\nPKRU: 55555554\nCall Trace:\n encx24j600_spi_probe drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/encx24j600.c:459\n spi_probe drivers/spi/spi.c:397\n really_probe drivers/base/dd.c:517\n __driver_probe_device drivers/base/dd.c:751\n driver_probe_device drivers/base/dd.c:782\n __device_attach_driver drivers/base/dd.c:899\n bus_for_each_drv drivers/base/bus.c:427\n __device_attach drivers/base/dd.c:971\n bus_probe_device drivers/base/bus.c:487\n device_add drivers/base/core.c:3364\n __spi_add_device drivers/spi/spi.c:599\n spi_add_device drivers/spi/spi.c:641\n spi_new_device drivers/spi/spi.c:717\n new_device_store+0x18c/0x1f1 [spi_stub 4e02719357f1ff33f5a43d00630982840568e85e]\n dev_attr_store drivers/base/core.c:2074\n sysfs_kf_write fs/sysfs/file.c:139\n kernfs_fop_write_iter fs/kernfs/file.c:300\n new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:508 (discriminator 4)\n vfs_write fs/read_write.c:594\n ksys_write fs/read_write.c:648\n do_syscall_64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:113\n\nAdd error check in devm_regmap_init_encx24j600 to avoid this situation.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","score":2.3},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/322c0e53496309e634d9db7349678eaad1d25b55","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c2eb80fc90b05559ce6ed1b8dfb2348420b5644","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e5494e6fc8a29c927e0478bec4a078a40da8901","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66358471fa75a713fd76bc8a4bd74cb14cd50a4f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e19c10d6e07c59c96e90fe053a72683ad8b0397e"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:50:30.954589733+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2021-47440","score":0.00215,"percentile":0.11923,"date":"2026-11-01"},"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."]}