CVE-2021-42252

Summary

CVECVE-2021-42252
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-10-11 19:15:07 UTC
Updated2026-08-05 18:31:20 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in aspeed_lpc_ctrl_mmap in drivers/soc/aspeed/aspeed-lpc-ctrl.c in the Linux kernel before 5.14.6. Local attackers able to access the Aspeed LPC control interface could overwrite memory in the kernel and potentially execute privileges, aka CID-b49a0e69a7b1. This occurs because a certain comparison uses values that are not memory sizes.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary4.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Application Netapp Cloud Backup - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.14.6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cdn.kernel.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE-2021-42252 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 179525 Debian Security Update for linux (CVE-2021-42252)
  • 198562 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5136-1)
  • 198563 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5137-1)
  • 198586 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5162-1)
  • 198588 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5161-1)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 900366 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (6014)
  • 901182 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (6599-1)
  • 905863 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (6014-1)

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