CVE-2021-38604

HIGH

GNU C Library < 2.34 - Null Pointer Dereference

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In librt in the GNU C Library (aka glibc) through 2.34, sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mq_notify.c mishandles certain NOTIFY_REMOVED data, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: this vulnerability was introduced as a side effect of the CVE-2021-33574 fix.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0010
EPSS Percentile 27.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (11)
fedoraproject/fedora 35
gnu/glibc < 2.34
oracle/communications_cloud_native_core_binding_support_function 22.1.3
oracle/communications_cloud_native_core_network_function_cloud_native_environment 22.1.0
oracle/communications_cloud_native_core_network_repository_function 22.1.2
oracle/communications_cloud_native_core_network_repository_function 22.2.0
oracle/communications_cloud_native_core_security_edge_protection_proxy 22.1.1
oracle/communications_cloud_native_core_unified_data_repository 22.2.0
oracle/enterprise_operations_monitor 4.3
oracle/enterprise_operations_monitor 4.4
... and 1 more
Published Aug 12, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026