{"id":"CVE-2021-47558","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-47558","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:57:46.438Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: stmmac: Disable Tx queues when reconfiguring the interface The Tx queues were not disabled in situations where the driver needed to stop the interface to apply a new configuration.","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: stmmac: Disable Tx queues when reconfiguring the interface\n\nThe Tx queues were not disabled in situations where the driver needed to\nstop the interface to apply a new configuration. This could result in a\nkernel panic when doing any of the 3 following actions:\n* reconfiguring the number of queues (ethtool -L)\n* reconfiguring the size of the ring buffers (ethtool -G)\n* installing/removing an XDP program (ip l set dev ethX xdp)\n\nPrevent the panic by making sure netif_tx_disable is called when stopping\nan interface.\n\nWithout this patch, the following kernel panic can be observed when doing\nany of the actions above:\n\nUnable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffff80001238d040\n[....]\n Call trace:\n  dwmac4_set_addr+0x8/0x10\n  dev_hard_start_xmit+0xe4/0x1ac\n  sch_direct_xmit+0xe8/0x39c\n  __dev_queue_xmit+0x3ec/0xaf0\n  dev_queue_xmit+0x14/0x20\n[...]\n[ end trace 0000000000000002 ]---","published":"2024-05-24T15:15:20.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T04:17:46.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00183,"percentile":0.07785,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.18%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a92f0eebb8dc008b9e8c51c6f7b8c93b27a29a43","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b270bfe697367776eca2e6759a71d700fb8d82a2","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a92f0eebb8dc008b9e8c51c6f7b8c93b27a29a43","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b270bfe697367776eca2e6759a71d700fb8d82a2","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-47558","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}