CVE-2021-3655

medium
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
5.5

Description

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel in versions prior to v5.14-rc1. Missing size validations on inbound SCTP packets may allow the kernel to read uninitialized memory.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3655

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3655.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202107-48

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202107-49

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed5.13.4.zen1-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed5.10.46-3
debian debianbullseyefixed5.10.46-3
debian debianforkyfixed5.10.46-3
debian debiansidfixed5.10.46-3
debian debiantrixiefixed5.10.46-3

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.