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Once npinfo is set\nto NULL, senders will bail out and not queue new work. The disable flag\nensures any in-flight re-arming attempts also fail silently.\n\nIn the future, we can do the cleanup inline here without needing the\nnpinfo->rcu rcu_head, but that is net-next material."}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["net/core/netpoll.c"], "versions": [{"version": "38e6bc185d9544dfad1774b3f8902a0b061aea25", "lessThan": "95ecc5b58042f6b6743b589e6588f1cd7ba336aa", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "38e6bc185d9544dfad1774b3f8902a0b061aea25", "lessThan": "a33f37f8d079da7236ed7b7e2aed2a34ab81e7cf", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "38e6bc185d9544dfad1774b3f8902a0b061aea25", "lessThan": "5ed09a108d93a3b002cc79823d9455b50c4a8be7", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "38e6bc185d9544dfad1774b3f8902a0b061aea25", "lessThan": "45f1458a85017a023f138b22ac5c76abd477db42", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["net/core/netpoll.c"], "versions": [{"version": "3.6", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "3.6", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.12.96", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.18.39", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.1.4", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.2-rc2", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "3.6", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.96"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "3.6", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.39"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "3.6", "versionEndExcluding": "7.1.4"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "3.6", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2-rc2"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95ecc5b58042f6b6743b589e6588f1cd7ba336aa"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a33f37f8d079da7236ed7b7e2aed2a34ab81e7cf"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ed09a108d93a3b002cc79823d9455b50c4a8be7"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45f1458a85017a023f138b22ac5c76abd477db42"}], "title": "netpoll: fix a use-after-free on shutdown path", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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