CVE-2021-28950

kernel: fuse: stall on CPU can occur because a retry loop continually finds the same bad inode

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

An issue was discovered in fs/fuse/fuse_i.h in the Linux kernel before 5.11.8. A "stall on CPU" can occur because a retry loop continually finds the same bad inode, aka CID-775c5033a0d1.

Se detectó un problema en el archivo fs/fuse/fuse_i.h en el kernel de Linux versiones anteriores a 5.11.8. Un "stall on CPU" puede ocurrir porque un bucle de reintento encuentra continuamente el mismo inode malo, también se conoce como CID-775c5033a0d1

A denial of service in the kernel side of the FUSE functionality can allow a local system to create a denial of service.

*Credits: N/A

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

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-03-20 CVE Reserved
2021-03-20 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-834: Excessive Iteration
CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

CAPEC

References (9)

URL	Tag	Source
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00020.html	Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00012.html	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.11.8	2023-11-07
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=775c5033a0d164622d9d10dd0f0a5531639ed3ed	2023-11-07

URL	Date	SRC
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FB6LUXPEIRLZH32YXWZVEZAD4ZL6SDK2	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QRTPQE73ANG7D6M4L4PK5ZQDPO4Y2FVD	2023-11-07
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-28950	2021-11-15
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1941762	2021-11-15

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				< 5.11.8 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " < 5.11.8"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				33 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "33"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				34 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "34"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				9.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "9.0"		-		Affected