CVE-2021-28039

Name
CVE-2021-28039
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 5.9.x through 5.11.3, as used with Xen. In some less-common configurations, an x86 PV guest OS user can crash a Dom0 or driver domain via a large amount of I/O activity. The issue relates to misuse of guest physical addresses when a configuration has CONFIG_XEN_UNPOPULATED_ALLOC but not CONFIG_XEN_BALLOON_MEMORY_HOTPLUG.
NVD Severity
unknown
Other trackers
Mailing lists
Exploits
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Patch http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-369.html
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/03/05/2
CONFIRM https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210409-0001/
cve@mitre.org https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=882213990d32fd224340a4533f6318dd152be4b2

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* linux_kernel >= 5.9.0 <= 5.11.3
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* xen == None == -

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status