CVE-2021-3655

Summary

CVECVE-2021-3655
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-08-05 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-10-27 12:29:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel in versions prior to v5.14-rc1. Missing size validations on inbound SCTP packets may allow the kernel to read uninitialized memory.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.14 - All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1984024 – (CVE-2021-3655) CVE-2021-3655 kernel: missing size validations on inbound SCTP packets MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 2785-1] linux-4.19 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2843-1] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159402 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2021-9458)
  • 159403 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2021-9459)
  • 159404 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2021-9460)
  • 159424 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2021-9485)
  • 159427 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2021-9488)
  • 178844 Debian Security Update for linux-4.19 (DLA 2785-1)
  • 178943 Debian Security Update for linux (DLA 2843-1)
  • 179705 Debian Security Update for linux (CVE-2021-3655)
  • 198562 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5136-1)
  • 198569 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (OEM 5.10) Vulnerabilities (USN-5139-1)
  • 198586 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5162-1)
  • 198587 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5163-1)
  • 198588 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5161-1)
  • 352503 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel: ALAS2-2021-1696
  • 352871 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS-2021-1539
  • 353143 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-008
  • 353145 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-006
  • 353156 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2022-004
  • 353242 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAC2012-2022-036
  • 353243 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kmod-mlx5 : ALAC2012-2022-037
  • 353244 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kmod-sfc : ALAC2012-2022-038
  • 390248 Oracle Managed Virtualization (VM) Server for x86 Security Update for kernel (OVMSA-2021-0035)
  • 610401 Google Android Devices March 2022 Security Patch Missing
  • 610408 Google Android April 2022 Security Patch Missing for Huawei EMUI
  • 610409 Google Android April 2022 Security Patch Missing for Samsung
  • 6140304 AWS Bottlerocket Security Update for kernel (GHSA-p42f-xmmp-85vh)
  • 671134 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-2688)
  • 671137 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-2713)
  • 671268 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-1196)
  • 671344 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-1271)
  • 671703 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-1735)
  • 751336 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:1460-1)
  • 751342 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:3641-1)
  • 751346 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:3655-1)
  • 751349 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:1477-1)
  • 751353 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:3675-1)
  • 751381 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:3748-1)
  • 751437 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:3876-1)
  • 751441 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:3876-1)
  • 751451 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:3935-1)
  • 751473 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:3969-1)
  • 751476 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:3972-1)
  • 900294 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.52.1
  • 900304 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.57.1
  • 900319 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.60.1
  • 901115 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (6576-1)
  • 903126 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (5154)
  • 905803 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (5154-1)
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