CVE-2021-28038 Information

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.11.3 as used with Xen PV. A certain part of the netback driver lacks necessary treatment of errors such as failed memory allocations (as a result of changes to the handling of grant mapping errors). A host OS denial of service may occur during misbehavior of a networking frontend driver. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2021-26931.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-367.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/03/05/1 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00010.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00035.html https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210409-0001/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

CHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

6.5