Description
An issue was discovered in the FUSE filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 5.10.6, aka CID-5d069dbe8aaf. fuse_do_getattr() calls make_bad_inode() in inappropriate situations, causing a system crash. NOTE: the original fix for this vulnerability was incomplete, and its incompleteness is tracked as CVE-2021-28950.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00020.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00012.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.6
Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5d069dbe8aaf2a197142558b6fb2978189ba3454
Third Party Advisory
https://www.starwindsoftware.com/security/sw-20220816-0001/
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0038
EPSS Percentile
29.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-459
Status
published
Products (4)
debian/debian_linux
9.0
debian/debian_linux
10.0
linux/linux_kernel
< 5.10.6
starwindsoftware/starwind_virtual_san
8 14338
Published
Apr 14, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026