Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2021-29264
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.11.10. drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c in the Freescale Gianfar Ethernet driver allows attackers to cause a system crash because a negative fragment size is calculated in situations involving an rx queue overrun when jumbo packets are used and NAPI is enabled, aka CID-d8861bab48b6.
EPSS: 0.003 (19.4th 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
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-29264?
- CVE-2021-29264 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-03-26.
- How severe is CVE-2021-29264?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.