CVE-2021-38204

Summary

CVECVE-2021-38204
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-08-08 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-01-04 16:37:00 UTC
Descriptiondrivers/usb/host/max3421-hcd.c in the Linux kernel before 5.13.6 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and panic) by removing a MAX-3421 USB device in certain situations.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
usb: max-3421: Prevent corruption of freed memory · torvalds/linux@b5fdf5c · GitHub MISC github.com
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.13.6 MISC cdn.kernel.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

  • 178943 Debian Security Update for linux (DLA 2843-1)
  • 179766 Debian Security Update for linux (CVE-2021-38204)
  • 198514 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5091-1)
  • 198515 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5092-1)
  • 198518 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) Vulnerabilities (USN-5094-2)
  • 198520 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5094-1)
  • 198521 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) Vulnerabilities (USN-5091-2)
  • 198523 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5092-2)
  • 198524 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (OEM) Vulnerabilities (USN-5096-1)
  • 198542 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (OEM) Vulnerabilities (USN-5115-1)
  • 352871 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS-2021-1539
  • 353097 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAC2012-2021-033
  • 353098 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kmod-sfc : ALAC2012-2021-034
  • 353099 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kmod-mlx5 : ALAC2012-2021-035
  • 610386 Google Android Devices December 2021 Security Patch Missing
  • 610392 Google Android January 2022 Security Patch Missing for Huawei EMUI
  • 751137 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:1271-1)
  • 751155 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:3192-1)
  • 751160 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:3179-1)
  • 751163 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:3206-1)
  • 751170 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:3205-1)
  • 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
  • 900968 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (6588-1)
  • 903591 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (5079)
  • 905853 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (5079-1)
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