CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-28950

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in fs/fuse/fuse_i.h in the Linux kernel before 5.11.8. A "stall on CPU" can occur because a retry loop continually finds the same bad inode, aka CID-775c5033a0d1.

How to fix

Remediation Available
linuxDebian
Fixed in:5.10.24-1CVE-2021-28950
Fixed in:5.10.24-1CVE-2021-28950
Fixed in:5.10.24-1CVE-2021-28950
Fixed in:5.10.24-1CVE-2021-28950
linuxUbuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0-74.83USN-4982-1
linux-awsUbuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0-1049.51USN-4982-1
linux-aws-5.4Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0-1049.51~18.04.1USN-4982-1
linux-azureUbuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0-1048.50USN-4982-1
linux-azure-5.4Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0-1048.50~18.04.1USN-4982-1
linux-gcpUbuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0-1044.47USN-4982-1
linux-gcp-5.4Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0-1044.47~18.04.2USN-4982-1
linux-gkeUbuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0-1044.46USN-4982-1
linux-gke-5.4Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0-1044.46~18.04.1USN-4982-1
linux-gkeopUbuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0-1016.17USN-4982-1
linux-gkeop-5.4Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0-1016.17~18.04.1USN-4982-1
linux-hwe-5.4Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0-74.83~18.04.1USN-4982-1
linux-hwe-5.8Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.8.0-55.62~20.04.1USN-4984-1
linux-image-5.10.0-1021-oemUbuntu
Fixed in:5.10.0-1021.22USN-4911-1
linux-image-5.4.0-1016-gkeopUbuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0-1016.17~18.04.1USN-4982-1
Fixed in:5.4.0-1016.17USN-4982-1
linux-image-5.4.0-1036-raspiUbuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0-1036.39~18.04.1USN-4982-1
Fixed in:5.4.0-1036.39USN-4982-1
linux-image-5.4.0-1040-kvmUbuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0-1040.41USN-4982-1
linux-image-5.4.0-1044-gcpUbuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0-1044.47~18.04.2USN-4982-1
Fixed in:5.4.0-1044.47USN-4982-1
linux-image-5.4.0-1044-gkeUbuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0-1044.46~18.04.1USN-4982-1
Fixed in:5.4.0-1044.46USN-4982-1
linux-image-5.4.0-1046-oracleUbuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0-1046.50~18.04.2USN-4982-1
Fixed in:5.4.0-1046.50USN-4982-1
linux-image-5.4.0-1048-azureUbuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0-1048.50~18.04.1USN-4982-1
Fixed in:5.4.0-1048.50USN-4982-1
linux-image-5.4.0-1049-awsUbuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0-1049.51~18.04.1USN-4982-1
Fixed in:5.4.0-1049.51USN-4982-1
linux-image-5.4.0-74-genericUbuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0-74.83~18.04.1USN-4982-1
Fixed in:5.4.0-74.83USN-4982-1
linux-image-5.4.0-74-generic-lpaeUbuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0-74.83~18.04.1USN-4982-1
Fixed in:5.4.0-74.83USN-4982-1
linux-image-5.4.0-74-lowlatencyUbuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0-74.83~18.04.1USN-4982-1
Fixed in:5.4.0-74.83USN-4982-1
linux-image-5.8.0-55-genericUbuntu
Fixed in:5.8.0-55.62~20.04.1USN-4984-1
linux-image-5.8.0-55-generic-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:5.8.0-55.62~20.04.1USN-4984-1
linux-image-5.8.0-55-generic-lpaeUbuntu
Fixed in:5.8.0-55.62~20.04.1USN-4984-1
linux-image-5.8.0-55-lowlatencyUbuntu
Fixed in:5.8.0-55.62~20.04.1USN-4984-1
linux-image-awsUbuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0.1049.31USN-4982-1
Fixed in:5.4.0.1049.50USN-4982-1
linux-image-azureUbuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0.1048.27USN-4982-1
Fixed in:5.4.0.1048.46USN-4982-1
linux-image-gcpUbuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0.1044.31USN-4982-1
Fixed in:5.4.0.1044.53USN-4982-1
linux-image-genericUbuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0.74.77USN-4982-1
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.8.0.55.62~20.04.39USN-4984-1
linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0.74.83~18.04.67USN-4982-1
linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.8.0.55.62~20.04.39USN-4984-1
linux-image-generic-lpaeUbuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0.74.77USN-4982-1
linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-18.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0.74.83~18.04.67USN-4982-1
linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.8.0.55.62~20.04.39USN-4984-1
linux-image-gkeUbuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0.1044.53USN-4982-1
linux-image-gke-5.4Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0.1044.46~18.04.10USN-4982-1
Fixed in:5.4.0.1044.53USN-4982-1
linux-image-gkeopUbuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0.1016.19USN-4982-1
linux-image-gkeop-5.4Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0.1016.17~18.04.17USN-4982-1
Fixed in:5.4.0.1016.19USN-4982-1
linux-image-kvmUbuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0.1040.38USN-4982-1
linux-image-lowlatencyUbuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0.74.77USN-4982-1
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0.74.83~18.04.67USN-4982-1
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.8.0.55.62~20.04.39USN-4984-1
linux-image-oemUbuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0.74.83~18.04.67USN-4982-1
Fixed in:5.4.0.74.77USN-4982-1
linux-image-oem-20.04bUbuntu
Fixed in:5.10.0.1021.22USN-4911-1
linux-image-oem-osp1Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0.74.83~18.04.67USN-4982-1
Fixed in:5.4.0.74.77USN-4982-1
linux-image-oracleUbuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0.1046.50~18.04.28USN-4982-1
Fixed in:5.4.0.1046.45USN-4982-1
linux-image-raspiUbuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0.1036.71USN-4982-1
linux-image-raspi-hwe-18.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0.1036.38USN-4982-1
linux-image-raspi2Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0.1036.71USN-4982-1
linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0.74.83~18.04.67USN-4982-1
linux-image-virtualUbuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0.74.77USN-4982-1
linux-image-virtual-hwe-18.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0.74.83~18.04.67USN-4982-1
Fixed in:5.4.0.74.77USN-4982-1
linux-image-virtual-hwe-20.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.8.0.55.62~20.04.39USN-4984-1
linux-kvmUbuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0-1040.41USN-4982-1
linux-oem-5.10Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.10.0-1021.22USN-4911-1
linux-oracleUbuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0-1046.50USN-4982-1
linux-oracle-5.4Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0-1046.50~18.04.2USN-4982-1
linux-raspiUbuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0-1036.39USN-4982-1
linux-raspi-5.4Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.4.0-1036.39~18.04.1USN-4982-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.36%probability of exploitation in 30 days
28thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 28% of all known CVEs.

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