CVE-2021-38198

MEDIUM

Linux kernel <5.12.11 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h in the Linux kernel before 5.12.11 incorrectly computes the access permissions of a shadow page, leading to a missing guest protection page fault.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.12.11
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00010.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00012.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0008
EPSS Percentile 23.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux 9.0
linux/linux_kernel < 5.12.11
Published Aug 08, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026