CVE-2021-38205 Information

Description

drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_emaclite.c in the Linux kernel before 5.13.3 makes it easier for attackers to defeat an ASLR protection mechanism because it prints a kernel pointer (i.e. the real IOMEM pointer).

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.13.3 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d0d62baa7f505bd4c59cd169692ff07ec49dde37 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00010.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00012.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

LOW

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

3.3