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Debian: CVE-2021-28038: linux -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2021-28038: linux -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
03/05/2021
Created
03/11/2021
Added
03/10/2021
Modified
08/17/2022

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.11.3, as used with Xen PV. A certain part of the netback driver lacks necessary treatment of errors such as failed memory allocations (as a result of changes to the handling of grant mapping errors). A host OS denial of service may occur during misbehavior of a networking frontend driver. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2021-26931.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux

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