CVE-2021-4095
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
A NULL pointer dereference was found in the Linux kernel's KVM when dirty ring logging is enabled without an active vCPU context. An unprivileged local attacker on the host may use this flaw to cause a kernel oops condition and thus a denial of service by issuing a KVM_XEN_HVM_SET_ATTR ioctl. This flaw affects Linux kernel versions prior to 5.17-rc1.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-4095
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4095.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 5.15.2-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 5.17.3-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 5.17.3-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 5.17.3-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 5.17.3-1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.