CVE-2021-28691

HIGH

Linux Kernel 5.5.0-5.12.2 - Use-After-Free in Xen Netback

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Guest triggered use-after-free in Linux xen-netback A malicious or buggy network PV frontend can force Linux netback to disable the interface and terminate the receive kernel thread associated with queue 0 in response to the frontend sending a malformed packet. Such kernel thread termination will lead to a use-after-free in Linux netback when the backend is destroyed, as the kernel thread associated with queue 0 will have already exited and thus the call to kthread_stop will be performed against a stale pointer.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-374.txt
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-30
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0002/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 9.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (10)
linux/linux_kernel 5.5.0 - 5.12.2
netapp/cloud_backup
netapp/h300e_firmware
netapp/h300s_firmware
netapp/h410c_firmware
netapp/h410s_firmware
netapp/h500e_firmware
netapp/h500s_firmware
netapp/h700e_firmware
netapp/h700s_firmware
Published Jun 29, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026