Resource exhaustion in Linux Kernel
CVE-2021-26931
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 2.6.39 through 5.10.16, as used in Xen. Block, net, and SCSI backends consider certain errors a plain bug, deliberately causing a kernel crash. For errors potentially being at least under the influence of guests (such as out of memory conditions), it isn't correct to assume a plain bug. Memory allocations potentially causing such crashes occur only when Linux is running in PV mode, though. This affects drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c and drivers/xen/xen-scsiback.c.
EPSS: 0.005 (42.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Linux Linux_kernel
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 9.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 32, 33
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-26931?
- CVE-2021-26931 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-02-17.
- How severe is CVE-2021-26931?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.