CVE-2021-28971

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 5.11.8 - Denial of Service via PEBS Status Mishandling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In intel_pmu_drain_pebs_nhm in arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c in the Linux kernel through 5.11.8 on some Haswell CPUs, userspace applications (such as perf-fuzzer) can cause a system crash because the PEBS status in a PEBS record is mishandled, aka CID-d88d05a9e0b6.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210430-0003/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00020.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00019.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0009
EPSS Percentile 25.7%
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-755
Status published
Products (9)
debian/debian_linux 9.0
fedoraproject/fedora 32
fedoraproject/fedora 33
fedoraproject/fedora 34
linux/linux_kernel < 5.11.8
netapp/aff_500f_firmware
netapp/aff_a250_firmware
netapp/cloud_backup
netapp/solidfire_baseboard_management_controller_firmware
Published Mar 22, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026