CVE-2021-47111

Name	CVE-2021-47111
Description	In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xen-netback: take a reference to the RX task thread Do this in order to prevent the task from being freed if the thread returns (which can be triggered by the frontend) before the call to kthread_stop done as part of the backend tear down. Not taking the reference will lead to a use-after-free in that scenario. Such reference was taken before but dropped as part of the rework done in 2ac061ce97f4. Reintroduce the reference taking and add a comment this time explaining why it's needed. This is XSA-374 / CVE-2021-28691.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	jessie, jessie (lts)	3.16.84-1	vulnerable
	stretch (security)	4.9.320-2	vulnerable
	stretch (lts), stretch	4.9.320-3	vulnerable
	buster (security), buster, buster (lts)	4.19.316-1	fixed
	bullseye	5.10.223-1	fixed
	bullseye (security)	5.10.226-1	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.115-1	fixed
	bookworm (security)	6.1.119-1	fixed
	trixie	6.12.5-1	fixed
	sid	6.12.6-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency
linux	source	jessie	(unfixed)	end-of-life
linux	source	stretch	(unfixed)	end-of-life
linux	source	buster	(not affected)
linux	source	(unstable)	5.10.46-1

[buster] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://git.kernel.org/linus/107866a8eb0b664675a260f1ba0655010fac1e08 (5.13-rc6)