5.5

CVE-2021-46994: can: mcp251x: fix resume from sleep before interface was brought up

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2021-46994DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46994
Published 28-02-2024Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-46994 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.24%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 28-02-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: mcp251x: fix resume from sleep before interface was brought up Since 8ce8c0abcba3 the driver queues work via priv->restart_work when resuming after suspend, even when the interface was not previously enabled. This causes a null dereference error as the workqueue is only allocated and initialized in mcp251x_open(). To fix this we move the workqueue init to mcp251x_can_probe() as there is no reason to do it later and repeat it whenever mcp251x_open() is called. [mkl: fix error handling in mcp251x_stop()]

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.24%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

15%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.24% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu62 products
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 8ce8c0abcba314e1fe954a1840f6568bf5aef2ef, < eecb4df8ec9f896b19ee05bfa632ac6c1dcd8f21 | ≥ 8ce8c0abcba314e1fe954a1840f6568bf5aef2ef, < 6f8f1c27b577de15f69fefce3c502bb6300d825c | ≥ 8ce8c0abcba314e1fe954a1840f6568bf5aef2ef, < e1e10a390fd9479209c4d834d916ca5e6d5d396b | ≥ 8ce8c0abcba314e1fe954a1840f6568bf5aef2ef, < 03c427147b2d3e503af258711af4fc792b89b0af | 5.5
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.5, < 5.10.38 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.11.22 | ≥ 5.12, < 5.12.5
Debian1 product
  • linux< 5.10.38-1

3 vendors · 65 products

References

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