CVE-2021-38202 — Out-of-bounds Read in Kernel
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
OSV5.5
EPSS
1.1%
top 22.37%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedAug 8
Latest updateMay 24
Description
fs/nfsd/trace.h in the Linux kernel before 5.13.4 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read in strlen) by sending NFS traffic when the trace event framework is being used for nfsd.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages4 packages
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
3📋Vendor Advisories
4Microsoft▶
fs/nfsd/trace.h in the Linux kernel before 5.13.4 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read in strlen) by sending NFS traffic when the trace event framework is bein↗2021-08-10
Red Hat▶
kernel: out-of-bounds read in TRACE_EVENT() in fs/nfsd/trace.h by sending NFS traffic when the trace event framework is being used for nfsd↗2021-07-06
Debian▶
CVE-2021-38202: linux - fs/nfsd/trace.h in the Linux kernel before 5.13.4 might allow remote attackers t...↗2021