CVE-2021-28688

Name
CVE-2021-28688
Description
The fix for XSA-365 includes initialization of pointers such that subsequent cleanup code wouldn't use uninitialized or stale values. This initialization went too far and may under certain conditions also overwrite pointers which are in need of cleaning up. The lack of cleanup would result in leaking persistent grants. The leak in turn would prevent fully cleaning up after a respective guest has died, leaving around zombie domains. All Linux versions having the fix for XSA-365 applied are vulnerable. XSA-365 was classified to affect versions back to at least 3.11.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
Mailing lists
Exploits
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Patch https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-371.txt
MLIST https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00019.html
MLIST https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00020.html

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* linux_kernel >= 3.11 <= 5.10.18

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status