Memory corruption in Linux kernel - CVE-2021-26934
Published: February 17, 2021 / Updated: March 30, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU94797
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-26934
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code.
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 4.18 through 5.10.16, as used by Xen. The backend allocation (aka be-alloc) mode of the drm_xen_front drivers was not meant to be a supported configuration, but this wasn't stated accordingly in its support status entry.
How to mitigate CVE-2021-26934
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-363.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4GELN5E6MDR5KQBJF5M5COUUED3YFZTD/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EOAJBVAVR6RSCUCHNXPVSNRPSFM7INMP/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210326-0001/