# CVE-2021-47013: net:emac/emac-mac: Fix a use after free in emac\_mac\_tx\_buf\_send

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-02-28 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.9

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net:emac/emac-mac: Fix a use after free in emac_mac_tx_buf_send In emac_mac_tx_buf_send, it calls emac_tx_fill_tpd(..,skb,..). If some error happens in emac_tx_fill_tpd(), the skb will be freed via dev_kfree_skb(skb) in error branch of emac_tx_fill_tpd(). But the freed skb is still used via skb->len by netdev_sent_queue(,skb->len). As i observed that emac_tx_fill_tpd() haven't modified the value of skb->len, thus my patch assigns skb->len to 'len' before the possible free and use 'len' instead of skb->len later.

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7f75d11fe72913d2619f97b2334b083cd7bb955
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc1b438a35773d030be0ee80d9c635c3e558a322
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16d8c44be52e3650917736d45f5904384a9da834
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55fcdd1258faaecca74b91b88cc0921f9edd775d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9dc373f74097edd0e35f3393d6248eda8d1ba99d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c06f34785068b87e2b560534c77c163d6c6dca7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e407495ba6788a67d1bd41714158c079e340879b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d72e7c767acbbdd44ebc7d89c6690b405b32b57

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