CVE-2021-28972

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 4.4.263 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

In drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_sysfs.c in the Linux kernel through 5.11.8, the RPA PCI Hotplug driver has a user-tolerable buffer overflow when writing a new device name to the driver from userspace, allowing userspace to write data to the kernel stack frame directly. This occurs because add_slot_store and remove_slot_store mishandle drc_name '\0' termination, aka CID-cc7a0bb058b8.

Scores

CVSS v3 6.7
EPSS 0.0006
EPSS Percentile 16.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-120
Status published
Products (7)
fedoraproject/fedora 32
fedoraproject/fedora 33
fedoraproject/fedora 34
linux/linux_kernel < 4.4.263
netapp/cloud_backup
netapp/fas\/aff_baseboard_management_controller
netapp/solidfire_baseboard_management_controller_firmware
Published Mar 22, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026