CVE-2021-4454

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Oct 15, 2026

Description

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

can: j1939: fix errant WARN_ON_ONCE in j1939_session_deactivate

The conclusion "j1939_session_deactivate() should be called with a session ref-count of at least 2" is incorrect. In some concurrent scenarios, j1939_session_deactivate can be called with the session ref-count less than 2. But there is not any problem because it will check the session active state before session putting in j1939_session_deactivate_locked().

Here is the concurrent scenario of the problem reported by syzbot and my reproduction log.

cpu0 cpu1 j1939_xtp_rx_eoma j1939_xtp_rx_abort_one j1939_session_get_by_addr [kref == 2] j1939_session_get_by_addr [kref == 3] j1939_session_deactivate [kref == 2] j1939_session_put [kref == 1] j1939_session_completed j1939_session_deactivate WARN_ON_ONCE(kref < 2)

===================================================== WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 21 at net/can/j1939/transport.c:1088 j1939_session_deactivate+0x5f/0x70 CPU: 1 PID: 21 Comm: ksoftirqd/1 Not tainted 5.14.0-rc7+ #32 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.13.0-1ubuntu1 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:j1939_session_deactivate+0x5f/0x70 Call Trace: j1939_session_deactivate_activate_next+0x11/0x28 j1939_xtp_rx_eoma+0x12a/0x180 j1939_tp_recv+0x4a2/0x510 j1939_can_recv+0x226/0x380 can_rcv_filter+0xf8/0x220 can_receive+0x102/0x220 ? process_backlog+0xf0/0x2c0 can_rcv+0x53/0xf0 __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x67/0x90 ? process_backlog+0x97/0x2c0 __netif_receive_skb+0x22/0x80

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Mar 27, 2025
Last modified
Oct 15, 2026
NVD status
Modified

Related CVEs from 2021

CVE-2021-445407.5A vulnerability was found in Privoxy which was fixed in get_url_spec_param() by freeing memory of compiled pattern spec before bailing.CVE-2021-445417.5A vulnerability was found in Privoxy which was fixed in process_encrypted_request_headers() by freeing header memory when failing to get theCVE-2021-445427.5A memory leak vulnerability was found in Privoxy when handling errors.CVE-2021-445436.1An XSS vulnerability was found in Privoxy which was fixed in cgi_error_no_template() by encode the template name when Privoxy is configured CVE-2021-445446.1DIAEnergie Version 1.7.5 and prior is vulnerable to multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities when arbitrary code is injected into the pCVE-2021-445456.5Improper input validation for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Killer(TM) WiFi products may allow an unauthenticated user to potentialCVE-2021-445479.1A sandboxing issue in Odoo Community 15.0 and Odoo Enterprise 15.0 allows authenticated administrators to executed arbitrary code, leading tCVE-2021-445489.8An Improper Input Validation vulnerability in DataImportHandler of Apache Solr allows an attacker to provide a Windows UNC path resulting inCVE-2021-445497.4Apache Sling Commons Messaging Mail provides a simple layer on top of JavaMail/Jakarta Mail for OSGi to send mails via SMTPS. To reduce the CVE-2021-44559.8The Wordpress Plugin Smart Product Review plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation iCVE-2021-445509.8An Incorrect Access Control vulnerability exists in CoreNLP 4.3.2 via the classifier in NERServlet.java (lines 158 and 159).CVE-2021-445545.3Thinfinity VirtualUI before 3.0 allows a malicious actor to enumerate users registered in the OS (Windows) through the /changePassword URI.
CVE-2021-4454: Medium severity, CVSS 5.5 | Vulnix