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Debian: CVE-2021-38205: linux -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2021-38205: linux -- security update

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
08/08/2021
Created
11/30/2021
Added
11/29/2021
Modified
08/17/2022

Description

drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_emaclite.c in the Linux kernel before 5.13.3 makes it easier for attackers to defeat an ASLR protection mechanism because it prints a kernel pointer (i.e., the real IOMEM pointer).

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux

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