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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.27%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.27% probability · 20th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=d8861bab48b6c1fc3cdbcab8ff9d1eaea43afe7fPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00019.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=d8861bab48b6c1fc3cdbcab8ff9d1eaea43afe7fPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00019.htmlThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.