{"cve":"CVE-2021-47555","nvd":{"published":"2024-05-24T15:15:20.237","modified":"2026-08-04T10:17:08.653","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: vlan: fix underflow for the real_dev refcnt\n\nInject error before dev_hold(real_dev) in register_vlan_dev(),\nand execute the following testcase:\n\nip link add dev dummy1 type dummy\nip link add name dummy1.100 link dummy1 type vlan id 100\nip link del dev dummy1\n\nWhen the dummy netdevice is removed, we will get a WARNING as following:\n\n=======================================================================\nrefcount_t: decrement hit 0; leaking memory.\nWARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 0 at lib/refcount.c:31 refcount_warn_saturate+0xbf/0x1e0\n\nand an endless loop of:\n\n=======================================================================\nunregister_netdevice: waiting for dummy1 to become free. Usage count = -1073741824\n\nThat is because dev_put(real_dev) in vlan_dev_free() be called without\ndev_hold(real_dev) in register_vlan_dev(). It makes the refcnt of real_dev\nunderflow.\n\nMove the dev_hold(real_dev) to vlan_dev_init() which is the call-back of\nndo_init(). That makes dev_hold() and dev_put() for vlan's real_dev\nsymmetrical.","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-191"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01d9cc2dea3fde3bad6d27f464eff463496e2b00","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e44178864b38dd70b877985abd7d86fdb95f27d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e800ee43218a56acc93676bbb3d93b74779e555","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7fc72a508cf115c273a7a29350069def1041890","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01d9cc2dea3fde3bad6d27f464eff463496e2b00"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:50:30.954589733+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2021-47555","score":0.00221,"percentile":0.1268,"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."]}