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CVE-2021-26931

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4946-1

Severity Score

5.5
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

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*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 2.6.39 through 5.10.16, as used in Xen. Block, net, and SCSI backends consider certain errors a plain bug, deliberately causing a kernel crash. For errors potentially being at least under the influence of guests (such as out of memory conditions), it isn't correct to assume a plain bug. Memory allocations potentially causing such crashes occur only when Linux is running in PV mode, though. This affects drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c and drivers/xen/xen-scsiback.c.

Se detectó un problema en el kernel de Linux versiones 2.6.39 hasta 5.10.16, como es usado en Xen. Los backends de bloque, red y SCSI consideran determinados errores como un bug simple, causando deliberadamente un bloqueo del kernel. Para los errores que pueden estar al menos bajo la influencia de los invitados (como las condiciones de falta de memoria), no es correcto suponer un bug simple. Sin embargo, las asignaciones de memoria que pueden causar tales bloqueos ocurren solo cuando Linux se ejecuta en modo PV. Esto afecta a los archivos drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c y drivers/xen/xen-scsiback.c

It was discovered that the DRM subsystem in the Linux kernel contained double-free vulnerabilities. A privileged attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. Olivier Benjamin, Norbert Manthey, Martin Mazein, and Jan H. Schoenherr discovered that the Xen paravirtualization backend in the Linux kernel did not properly propagate errors to frontend drivers in some situations. An attacker in a guest VM could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
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Automatable
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Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2021-02-09 CVE Reserved
  • 2021-02-17 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-03 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-19 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 2.6.39 <= 5.10.16
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Fedoraproject
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Fedora
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32
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Fedoraproject
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Fedora
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33
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Debian
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Debian Linux
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9.0
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