CVE-2021-46991

kernel: i40e: Fix use-after-free in i40e_client_subtask()

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.1

CVSS 3.1

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Published · February 28, 2024

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

i40e: Fix use-after-free in i40e_client_subtask()

Currently the call to i40e_client_del_instance frees the object pf->cinst, however pf->cinst->lan_info is being accessed after the free. Fix this by adding the missing return.

Addresses-Coverity: ("Read from pointer after free")

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

CWE-416 · Use After Free