CVE-2021-42252

HIGH

Linux kernel <5.14.6 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in aspeed_lpc_ctrl_mmap in drivers/soc/aspeed/aspeed-lpc-ctrl.c in the Linux kernel before 5.14.6. Local attackers able to access the Aspeed LPC control interface could overwrite memory in the kernel and potentially execute privileges, aka CID-b49a0e69a7b1. This occurs because a certain comparison uses values that are not memory sizes.

References (3)

Core 3

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0013
EPSS Percentile 31.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (10)
linux/linux_kernel < 5.14.6
netapp/h300e_firmware
netapp/h300s_firmware
netapp/h410c_firmware
netapp/h410s_firmware
netapp/h500e_firmware
netapp/h500s_firmware
netapp/h700e_firmware
netapp/h700s_firmware
netapp/solidfire_baseboard_management_controller_firmware
Published Oct 11, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026