medium5.5
CVE-2021-28951
An issue was discovered in fs/io_uring.c in the Linux kernel through 5.11.8.
Impact
An issue was discovered in fs/io_uring.c in the Linux kernel through 5.11.8. It allows attackers to cause a denial of service (deadlock) because exit may be waiting to park a SQPOLL thread, but concurrently that SQPOLL thread is waiting for a signal to start, aka CID-3ebba796fa25.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | through 5.11.8 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | Versions 32, 33, 34 |
| Netapp | A250 Firmware | All versions |
| Netapp | Aff 500f Firmware | All versions |
| Netapp | Fas 500f Firmware | All versions |
| Netapp | Cloud Backup | All versions |
| Netapp | Solidfire Baseboard Management Controller Firmware | All versions |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=3ebba796fa251d042be42b929a2d916ee5c34a49
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4VCKIOXCOZGXBEZMO5LGGV5MWCHO6FT3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PTRNPQTZ4GVS46SZ4OBXY5YDOGVPSTGQ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T2S3I4SLRNRUQDOFYUS6IUAZMQNMPNLG/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210430-0003/
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=3ebba796fa251d042be42b929a2d916ee5c34a49
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4VCKIOXCOZGXBEZMO5LGGV5MWCHO6FT3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PTRNPQTZ4GVS46SZ4OBXY5YDOGVPSTGQ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T2S3I4SLRNRUQDOFYUS6IUAZMQNMPNLG/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210430-0003/