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CVE-2021-47232

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-47232 is a Use-after-Free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's J1939 CAN bus driver. It occurs when a network packet (skb) is used without properly incrementing its reference count, leading to potential memory corruption if the packet is concurrently accessed. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.4 (High), indicating a significant risk. It can be exploited locally with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available. The vulnerability has also received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.4, < 5.4.128CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5, < 5.10.46CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.11, < 5.12.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.4HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.5
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
15.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0024 is in the 17th percentile among its peer group of 3,241 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2021-47232Low

kernel: can: j1939: fix Use-after-Free, hold skb ref while in use

May 21, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/1071065eeb33d32b7d98c2ce7591881ae7381705
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/2030043e616cab40f510299f09b636285e0a3678
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/22cba878abf646cd3a02ee7c8c2cef7afe66a256
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/509ab6bfdd0c76daebbad0f0af07da712116de22
Patch