CVE-2021-38205

Summary

CVECVE-2021-38205
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-08-08 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-01-04 16:38:00 UTC
Descriptiondrivers/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).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-824

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
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.13.3 MISC cdn.kernel.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2785-1] linux-4.19 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2843-1] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
net: xilinx_emaclite: Do not print real IOMEM pointer · torvalds/linux@d0d62ba · GitHub MISC github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 178844 Debian Security Update for linux-4.19 (DLA 2785-1)
  • 178943 Debian Security Update for linux (DLA 2843-1)
  • 180189 Debian Security Update for linux (CVE-2021-38205)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 198544 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5116-1)
  • 198546 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5116-2)
  • 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
  • 356186 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for microvm-kernel : ALASMICROVM-KERNEL-4.14-2023-003
  • 356218 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for microvm-kernel : ALASMICROVM-KERNEL-4.14-2023-002
  • 671134 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-2688)
  • 671137 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-2713)
  • 751137 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:1271-1)
  • 751160 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:3179-1)
  • 751170 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:3205-1)
  • 900294 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.52.1
  • 900302 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.57.1
  • 900319 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.60.1
  • 901572 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (6589-1)
  • 903118 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (5080)
  • 905873 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (5080-1)
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